The police have filed a case against 2,200 unidentified people over Thursday鈥檚 mob attacks, vandalism and arson at four shrines of Homna Upazila in Cumilla.
Homna police station sub-inspector Tapas Kumar Sarkar lodged the case Thursday night, said the police station officer-in-charge Rafiqul Islam.
He said that the atmosphere in the area remained tense on Friday and additional police forcesforces were deployed to avoid any more untoward incidents.
Asked whether anyone involved in the incident had been identified, he said that the police were investigating the incidents and trying to identify the attackers.
Homna upazila nirbahi officer Kshemalika Chakma said that the situation was under control as of Friday evening.
鈥楶olice and army patrols are continuing in the area. The administration is trying its best to ensure that no further untoward incident occurs,鈥� she added.
An agitated mob attacked and vandalised four shrines and set them on fire at Homna upazila in Cumilla on Thursday over a youth鈥檚 social media post containing allegedly derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
According to the police, a youth made a controversial post on Prophet Muhammad from a Facebook account under the name 鈥楤emja Mohsin鈥� at 10:52am on Wednesday.
Later, a group of local people gathered in front of Homna police station, demanding exemplary punishment for the youth, who was later arrested on the same day and produced before the court on Thursday.
Despite the legal action, the mob used loudspeakers to gather people and then attacked Kafil Uddin Shah and Hawali Shah shrines, vandalised them and set fire to them, and the mob also damaged Kalai Shah and Abdu Shah shrines.
