Nasirnagar attack

UP chairman Ankhi suspended

The government has suspended Atiqur Rahman Ankhi, Haripur union parishad chairman in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, in connection with the attack on the Hindu community, reports UNB. LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry issued a circular yesterday in this regard, Local Government Division Deputy Secretary Mahbubur Rahman told UNB. Ankhi, also the prime accused in a case filed over the attack on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar, was suspended on January 15 last, said Mahbubur. On October 30 last, some unruly people demolished 15 Hindu temples and vandalised over 100 houses in the upazila following a Facebook post that allegedly hurt the religious sentiment of the Muslim community.

Nasirnagar attack

UP chairman Ankhi suspended

The government has suspended Atiqur Rahman Ankhi, Haripur union parishad chairman in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, in connection with the attack on the Hindu community, reports UNB. LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry issued a circular yesterday in this regard, Local Government Division Deputy Secretary Mahbubur Rahman told UNB. Ankhi, also the prime accused in a case filed over the attack on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar, was suspended on January 15 last, said Mahbubur. On October 30 last, some unruly people demolished 15 Hindu temples and vandalised over 100 houses in the upazila following a Facebook post that allegedly hurt the religious sentiment of the Muslim community.