Three separate investigation committees — two government and one ruling Awami League — will visit Nasirnagar of Brahmanbaria where a synchronised attack took place on the Hindus on October 30.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), home ministry and central committee of Awami League formed the three investigation committees today, respective sources said.
Five days into the attack on the Hindus in Nasirnagar uapazila, five more homes were torched in the wee hours yesterday, spreading panic among the already frightened minority community.
Sunday’s attack followed a Facebook post from the account of Rasraj Das, a local fisherman, “hurting the religious sentiment” of the Muslims.
The post showed a photo of Hindu God Shiva placed on the photo of Kaba, considered a holy place in Islam.
Rasraj, 27, is now in jail in a case filed over the post. Before his arrest and the systematic mayhem, he claimed he had nothing to do with the post, but apologised for it anyway. Relatives say his account may have been hacked.
Meanwhile, police in overnight drives detained 33 persons more for their alleged involvement in the synchronised attack.
Armed with sticks and sharp weapons, the zealots, mostly from Touhidi Janata, went on the rampage in Duttabari, Goura Mandir, Jagannath Mandir and Kashipara Mandir. Idols at the temples were either destroyed or damaged, they said.
At least 58 families were affected and 17 temples were either damaged or looted when religious zealots went berserk for around two hours in at least eight Hindu-dominated areas that day.
The office of the Nasirnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer conducted the survey and submitted its findings to the deputy commissioner of Brahmanbaria on Wednesday.