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Friday, January 18, 2013
Police yesterday arrested Shahjalal Chowdhury, the main accused in the case filed for the attack on the Morichcha Dipankur Buddha Bihar under Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar.
Shahjalal is the Ukhia upazila chairman and nayeb-e-ameer of Cox's Bazar Jamaat-e-Islami.
Abul Hashem, sub-inspector of Ukhia Police Station, said police arrested him from his house at Rajpalang around 7:00pm.
Soon after the arrest, Jamaat and BNP activists blocked the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway for about half an hour by burning tyres and holding rallies on the road.
Shops were closed as a tense situation prevailed on Kotbazar and upazila sadar areas.
Miscreants attacked Buddhist villages and temples in Ramu, Ukhia and Teknaf on September 29 and 30 last year, burning down more than a dozen Buddhist and Hindu temples and homes.
A Facebook page of a Buddhist boy sparked the violence. The Daily Star in its own investigation later found the page showing a photo insulting the Quran was faked, apparently to use it as a ground for the attack.
In one case filed in this connection, Police named Shahjalal as the prime accused. He had gone into hiding following the incident.
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