
Rabindra Kacharibari on Friday reopened its gates to visitors after it remained closed for two days.
On June 10, the historic building came under a mob attack.
On June 8, an angry mob attacked the auditorium of the establishment allegedly as part of a protest organised by locals over beating of a visitor on the premises of the Kacharibari.
The site was closed to visitors on June 11.
Sirajganj deputy commissioner Muhammad Nazrul Islam formally reopened the house to visitors on Friday by handing over a token to a visitor.
Nazrul said that Rabindra Kacharibari was completely intact as no attack took place on it.
The attack occurred mainly on the auditorium located next to the Kacharibari, said Nazrul, adding that there is no lack of security and it is open to all visitors.
Cultural affairs ministry on Friday issued a statement saying that the incident did not happen for any fundamentalist or political reasons but for personal conflict.
Eight people, including Zubair, Ashikur Rahman, Sajeeb, Rimon, Tanvir, Sardul and Abdus Salam, involved in the incident were arrested over the attack, said Sirajganj police superintendent Faruk Hossain at the the reopening ceremony.
Earlier, an altercation between an expatriate Bangladeshi national Shah Newaz and staff of the Kacharibari took place over parking fees on June 8.
They also locked into a scuffle at that time and Shah Newaz was detained in the office room by the Kacharibari staff on that day.
The incident made local people angry with the Kacharibari staff.
On June 10, local people organised a human chain and protest rally near the Kacharibari and at one stage they entered it and ransacked its auditorium.
On June 11, the authority suspended the access of the visitors to the Kacharibari due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’.