Hindu houses, temple come under attack over Facebook post

A group of Muslim mob has attacked Hindu homes and a temple in Narail’s Lohagara over a Facebook post allegedly belittling Islam.

According to the locals, one Akash Saha, son of Ashok Saha of Sahapara, posted something to Facebook, triggering anger among Muslims, who later carried out the attack.

The mob vandalised several homes and torched one of them in Digholia village on Friday evening. They also threw brickbats at a temple in the village during the attack around 7:30pm.

Haran Chandra Paul, an inspector at Lohagara police station, confirmed that police fired warning shots to disperse the mob.

Police later took Ashok to the police station after a search for the young man failed. No attacker was arrested.

The situation became normal at night, said the police inspector.