Attacks on Durga Puja pavilions ‘pre-planned: Bangladesh Home Affair Minister
New Delhi: Bangladesh Home Affair Minister on Sunday said that “The attacks on Durga Puja pavilions were ‘pre-planned and attacks were aimed at destroying the communal harmony in Bangladesh.”
The Bangladesh Media reported that multiple cases have been filed against hundreds of named and unnamed people for the attacks in Comilla on Wednesday.
Bangladesh Home Affair Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Comilla incident said that “We will make it public once we get all the evidence and those who were involved in it will be given exemplary punishment.”
“Not only in Comilla, but attempts were also made to destabilize the country previously through communal violence in Ramu and Nasirnagar, But No incident has been reported since Saturday night. Our security forces are working patiently based on intelligence information. Those who are trying to destroy communal peace will not succeed” Khan told the media.
The Home Minister’s remarks came after Wednesday’s communal violence that broke out in several places in Bangladesh after news broke on social media about the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran at a Durga Puja venue on the bank of Nanuar Dighi. On Friday, one man named Jatan Kumar Saha was also killed and 17 others were injured in an attack in Begumganj Upazila of the country’s Noakhali district during Durga puja celebrations on Vijaya Dashami.
(_Vinayak Barot)
