A petition has been filed at the High Court requesting an investigation into the attacks on Hindu homes and a temple in Narail's Lohagora after a youth made a Facebook post allegedly insulting religion.
The petition was filed by Advocate Md Shahinuzzaman of the Ain O Salish Kendra human rights group at the High Court on Monday, reports bdnews24.com.
The bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice SM Moniruzzaman will hold a hearing on the petition on Monday, the lawyer said.
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.
Locals said 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 assailants 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.
On Saturday, Narail-2 MP and former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza visited the area and reassured Hindu residents in his constituency that their lives and property would be protected.
He sought the assistance of locals to ensure such incidents do not recur.
The youth accused of making the Facebook post, 20-year-old Akash Saha, was arrested by police in a case over ‘offending religious sentiment’ on Sunday.