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Published : 25 Nov 2025, 12:36 PM
A woman who filed a case over the desecration of the grave of Nurul Haque, a fringe religious figure known locally as Nural Pagla, in Rajbari has petitioned to withdraw the complaint.
Shirin Begum, who brought the case following the exhumation and burning of Nurul's body by a mob, submitted the withdrawal request to the Goalanda Administrative Court on Monday, according to her lawyer Md Shariful Islam.
Shariful said the court accepted the petition and scheduled a hearing for Dec 22.
Shirin had filed the case on Nov 13, naming 96 people and accusing more than 500 unidentified suspects of involvement in the attack on Nural’s shrine.
“Later, the plaintiff and the defendants reached a settlement through discussions. She has now requested to withdraw the case.”
According to the case statement, Nurul died of old age on Aug 23 and was buried the same night inside his residential complex in Goalanda. The grave, slightly elevated and designed to resemble the Kaaba in Makkah -- the holiest site in Islam -- prompted criticism from a group calling itself the "Tawhidi Janata", a loosely defined movement that portrays itself as a defender of Islamic morality.
On Sept 5, after Friday prayers, members of the group attacked the shrine, alleging the burial contravened Sharia law. During the clashes, a follower of Nurul named Russel Molla was killed and several others injured.
The attackers later exhumed Nurul’s body, carried it to a nearby highway and set it on fire. The house was looted and police officers on the scene were also attacked.
Police subsequently filed a case against 3,000–3,500 unidentified people over the assault on law enforcement, while Russel’s father lodged a murder case against 4,000–4,500 unnamed suspects.
So far, police say 28 people have been arrested in connection with the two cases, and efforts are ongoing to identify and detain others.
