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After listening to the speeches of Maulana Mamunul and Faizul Karim, two students from the madrasa smashed the Bangabandhu sculpture in Kushtia with the encouragement of two masters, said Khulna Range’s DIG Dr. Khandaker Mohid Uddin.
Khulna Range DIG Dr. Kushtia Police Lines Meeting room at 4pm on Sunday. Khandaker Mohid Uddin spoke about the arrests at the official press conference.
Also present at the time were DIG Nahidul Islam, Kushtia Police Superintendent MM Tanvir Ahmed, and other senior police officials.
DIG said at a press conference citing the two arrested madrasa students. Khandaker Mohid Uddin said that after hearing statements from Maulana Mamunul and Faizul Karim, they were inspired to do so.
Meanwhile, the police arrested two teachers from Madrasa Ibn Masood in the suburban area of Jugia Paschimpara and two students from the Hefaz department of the same madrasah on charges of vandalizing the sculpture. The police have brought a case against them under the Special Powers Act at the Kushtia Model Police Station.
Those arrested are Abu Bakkar alias Mithun, 19, son of Mridha from Shingpur village in Mirpur upazila, Sabuj Islam alias Nahid, 20, son of Shamsul Alam from Philifnagar village in Daulatpur upazila and Md Abdur Rahman, son of Abdur Rahman from Dhubail village in Mirpur upazila. . Al Amin (28) and son of Azizul Mandal from Diar Bamundi village of Pabna district, Md. Yusuf Ali (26).
The DIG said the students vandalized the sculpture after walking about 3 km from their madrasa. By analyzing the CCTV footage, it can be seen that the two students dressed in white Punjabi pajamas and black coats walked up the ladder to the sculpture’s altar. Later, he took a hammer out of a bag that belonged to someone and smashed the sculpture. After completing the mission, they similarly returned to the madrasa and informed the two teachers (about the arrest). At that time the teachers told the students not to go to the madrasa but to go home.
He said police had filed a case under the Special Powers Act of 1974 against those arrested in the incident. Police recovered a hammer from the madrasa. There was white.
“We take the issue of breaking sculptures in the dead of night very seriously,” he said in a written statement. Four people have been identified and arrested for allegedly being directly involved in the analysis and verification of the incident for 23 hours. I will hand them over to the court and ask that they be returned for questioning. We will try to find out for them who played a direct or indirect role in the vandalism of the sculpture.
“We do not see it as an isolated incident,” said the DIG. The police will work from the place of their 100% professionalism in the investigation of the incident; In order not to question the role of the police in any way. Based on the information received so far, the police have been able to confirm that the incident was premeditated.
He said that in this case the investigation will be completed by applying all the parameters with which the police work to identify the crime. The level of this will be determined by a careful analysis of how religious discourse is fostered by listening to religious discourses, and if there is any additional reality across the country.
The teacher of the madrassa, Muhammad Musa, said the incident was very serious. It was not okay for students to do this. They will be judged. We have nothing to say. 150 students study there. The number of teachers is from 5 to 6.
Meanwhile, various sectors have expressed their outrage at the public order meeting held in the Kushtia district administration conference room on Sunday afternoon for fear of deterioration of public order and insecurity in the city after the demolition of the sculpture.
Deputy Commissioner Aslam Hossain chaired the function. The deputy general secretary of the Awami League, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, was present at the meeting. A three-member committee was formed to investigate the demolition of the sculpture at a meeting held in the deputy commissioner’s office.
Meanwhile, protests and demonstrations were held by political, social and cultural organizations in different parts of the city on Sunday afternoon. The Awami League of Kushtia district organized a large protest procession at 4 pm in protest of the incident. The deputy general secretary of the Awami League, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, MP led the procession.
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