A case has been filed accusing unidentified 5,000 people in a clash of Borhanuddin in Bhola on Sunday (Oct 20).
Sub Inspector Abid Hossain of Borhanuddin police station filed the law suit late on Sunday night.
Borhanuddin Police OC Enamul Haque said the case has been filed in the incident of attack on police.
Bhola Assistant Superintendent of police Shaikh Sabbir Hossain said, “30 police members were injured in the clash. Among them 10 have been taking treatment at the hospital.”
“Police members have been deployed at different places in the district to prevent any untoward incident,” added Hossain.
Meanwhile, the local administration imposed an indefinite ban on public gathering in the district on Monday (Oct 21).
Earlier on Sunday (Oct 20), a group of people brought out a procession in Borhanuddin Bazar protesting a Facebook post “hurting religious sensitivities” by a Hindu man, which turned into a massive clash with police.
The clashes left four people dead and over a hundred people injured. At least four platoons of BGB were deployed to quell the situation.
A local platform named Sarbadoliya Muslim Oikya Parishad (All-Party Muslim Unity Council) staged a protest against the morning incident in front of Bhola Press Club on Sunday afternoon, where they placed six demands, including capital punishment for the Hindu youth, handover of the deceased to their families without autopsies, and payment for the treatment of the wounded by the government.
They also announced a rally in the premises of Bhola Government High School in Bhola Sadar upazila on Monday (Oct 21) to protest Sunday’s incident.