At least 15 temples, 100 Hindu houses vandalised, looted for hours in Brahmanbarhia
Brahmanbarhia and Habiganj Correspondents bdnews24.com
Published: 30 Oct 2016 10:41 PM BdST Updated: 30 Oct 2016 10:41 PM BdST
At least 15 temples in Brahmanbarhia's Nasirnagar have been vandalised on allegations of disrespect shown to Islam on Facebook.
Over 100 houses belonging to Hindus in the area have also been vandalised and looted.
After the mayhem for hours on Sunday afternoon, two temples in adjacent Habiganj's Madhabpur came under attack, police and witnesses said.
Six persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in the attack.

The district's Deputy Commissioner Rezwanur Rahman and Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman inspected the area later in the afternoon.
But the leaders of the local Hindu community say the panic that has gripped them is not going away.
Islami Oikya Jote leader late Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini's district Brahmanbarhia is a stronghold of the Islamist parties.
In January, a music college named after the renowned composer and music teacher Ustad Alauddin Khan was vandalised in the district following the death of a madrasa student.
Sunday's attack was carried out in a style followed by the attackers of Buddhist community at Ramu in Cox's Bazar in 2012 on a similar allegation of disrespect towards Islam through a Facebook post.
Locals said Nasirnagar's incident started with a Facebook post by one Rasraj Das, son of Jagannath Das from Harinberh village under Haripur Union Parishad.
Police detained Rasraj on Friday immediately after the allegation of blasphemy had surfaced against him.

Protests against Rasraj's post were called under the banner of 'Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat' in Habiganj district headquarters and Nasirnagar. Demonstrations were also announced in Habiganj's Madhabpur.
A group of madrasa students demonstrated on the premises of Brahmanbarhia Press Club while hundreds of people blocked Sarail-Nasirnagar-Lakhai road by torching tyres on Sunday afternoon.
SP Mizanur, quoting witnesses, said a group of the demonstrators, armed with local weapons, vandalised the temples at Duttubarhi, Namashudraparha and Ghoshparha, and Jagannath Temple and Goura Temple.
They also vandalised and looted the houses of the Hindu families. Several priests were injured in the attack, the SP said.

SP Mizanur said preparations to file separate cases over the attacks were under way. Six suspected attackers have been arrested, he added.
BGB Battalion-12 Commander Lt Col Shah Ali said the border guards were deployed at the district magistrate's request.
Deputy Commissioner Rezwanur told the media that those responsible for the attack would get 'exemplary' punishment after investigation.
Nasirnagar Upazila Parishad Vice-Chairman Anjan Deb said, "The situation is apparently calm now but the Hindu community is still panicked."
Madhabpur Upazila Puja Udjapon Committee chief Sunil Das said the members of the religious minority community were pained by the attack, which was carried out a day after Kali Puja.
SP Mizanur blamed Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir for the attack.
"The opportunist quarter carried out this attack to embarrass the government. Those behind it will be found out and dealt with in a tough manner," he said.
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