Writ seeks investigation into the attacks on Hindu homes, temple in Narail

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking order to launch an investigation into the attacks on Hindu homes and a temple in Narail's Lohagora.

Advocate Md Shahinuzzaman of the Ain O Salish Kendra filed the petition on Monday.

The bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice SM Moniruzzaman will hold a hearing on the petition later in the day.

The Ain O Salish Kendra had recently petitioned for a judicial investigation into the harassment of college teacher Swapan Kumar Biswas, who was forced to wear a garland of shoes after allegedly defending a Hindu student for a controversial Facebook post in a separate incident. The new petition has been submitted as a supplementary application to that one.

According to media reports, a group of Muslims gathered in the Dighalia village area after midday prayers on Friday and started demonstrating against a Facebook post by a local youth that allegedly offended Islam.

The mob turned violent in the evening. They vandalised several Hindu homes and torched one of them during the hate attack. The miscreants also threw brickbats at a temple in the area.

Police fired warning shots to disperse the mob. The law enforcers took Akash's father to the police station after failing to find him. No attacker was detained at the time.