Police have arrested five people in connection with the attacks on minority families in Rangpur after a Hindu youth allegedly made derogatory remarks on Islam on social media, triggering outrage.
The arrests follow a case filed by Rabindranath Roy, a local man, according to a statement issued from the Police Headquarters on Wednesday morning.
The identities of the arrested were, however, not disclosed yet.
Recently, a mob allegedly vandalised houses and looted valuables in village Aldadpur Balapara of Gangachara upazila after allegations of derogatory remarks on Islam and its Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM) on social media surfaced.
Later on Tuesday, local Rabindranath filed the case with Gangachara Model Police Station against 1,000-1,200 unidentified people.