Five more held over lynching of young man in Lalmonirhat

LALMONIRHAT, Nov 02 (UNB): Police arrested five more people from Patgram upazila on Sunday night in connection with the lynching of a young man over 'disrespecting Quran' in Burimari of Lalmonirhat on Thursday.

Police arrested the five people including a Khadem of Burimari Central Mosque from different parts of Patgram upazila in the district, said Sumonto Kumar Mohonto, officer-in-charge of Patgram Police Station.

They will be produced before a court in the afternoon.

With the fresh ones, ten people have so far been arrested in this connection.

Shahidunnabi Jewel, son of Abdul Wazed Mia of Shalban Mistripara in Rangpur district town, and a former librarian of Rangpur Cantonment Public School and College, was beaten to death by mob in Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila over some people accusing him of 'disrespecting the Quran'.