Police have arrested a suspect accused in three cases over the lynching of a man on the allegations of blasphemy in Lalmonirhat’s Burimari.
Published : 07 Nov 2020, 08:21 PM
Abul Hossain alias Hossain Ali, 45, was arrested on Kuril Bishwa Road in Dhaka upon his arrival from Rangpur by bus on Saturday.
Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel, a man from Rangour, was beaten and burnt to death in public by a mob near Burimari Land Port in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram on Oct 30 on allegations that he showed disrespect to the Quran.
Ali, who runs a decoration shop, began the assault on Jewel, according to witnesses.
Ali was transported to Lalmonirhat after his arrest.