Seven houses of Hindu people torched

CUMILLA, Nov 02 (UNB): Miscreants torched seven houses belonging to the Hindu community at Korbanpur in Muradnagar of Cumilla on Sunday afternoon as they allegedly hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims on Facebook, reports UNB.

Officer-in-charge of Bangora Bazar thana Kamruzzaman said seven houses have been torched.

The situation has been brought under control, he said.

Police arrested two members of the Hindu community as they allegedly supported the publication of satirical cartoons of Prophet Mohammad on Facebook.

The arrestees were identified as Shankar Debnath and Anik Bhowmik.

Before that Dhan Mia, a resident of Korbanpur, filed a case against them under Digital Security Act.

Witnesses said locals brought out a procession after a rumour spread in the afternoon of support from residents of Korbanpur for the satirical cartoons of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) published in France.

Purbadhair UP Chairman Banaj Kumar Shib said "I'm mentally devastated, miscreants have torched my and Shanker's house. I can't say anything further."