Chittagong, Oct 1 (bdnews24.com)-- Police have
detained 26 workers of shipbuilders Western Marine Shipyard in connection with
Sunday's attack on Hindu-Buddhist temples in Patia, off Chittagong, prompting
the company management to stop work for a day.
"The holiday has been
declared in the wake of the situation arising out of the arrest of our 26
workers for their alleged involvement in the attacks on Hindu and Buddhist
temples," Western Marine Shipyard Managing Director Mohammad Shawakat Hossain
told bdnews24.com.
He said the overall condition would be discussed at a
meeting of the Board of Directors at night.
"I hope normal operations of
the company will resume from tomorrow (Tuesday)," he added.
Patia Police
Station Officer in Charge Aminur Rashid told bdnews24.com the arrests had been
made from the Western Marine Shipyard at Lakhara in the upazila.
According to the OC, the shipyard's CCTV footage confirmed the workers'
involvement in the hate attacks.
Many of the arrested also confessed to
their crime, he added.
A Buddhist temple at Lakhara was attacked and set
on fire by a mob of several hundred people who came in a procession around noon.
Later, they attacked Buddhist and Hindu temples in adjoining Kolagaon
and Jele Para.
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