{"id":2436,"date":"2025-07-27T16:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:20:28","slug":"touhidi-janata-destroys-hindu-village-in-rangpur-over-blasphemy-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2436","title":{"rendered":"Touhidi Janata destroys Hindu village in Rangpur over blasphemy allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police have arrested a 17-year-old Hindu teenager in Rangpur after a mob of radical Islamists alleged that he had posted insulting the Prophet (PBUH) on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After his arrest, local Muslims vandalised the teenager&#8217;s house and 15 houses of the Hindu community on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon due to the inaction of the Bangladesh Army and police members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prothomalo.com\/bangladesh\/district\/z74tdubwte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident <\/a>took place in the Betgari Union of Gangachara Upazila of Rangpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1411\">67 rights groups condemn rape of Hindu woman in Cumilla<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1291\">Mobocracy: Hindus assaulted for alleged blasphemy as perpetrators enjoy impunity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1539\">Chinmoy Prabhu instigated, instructed murder of lawyer Alif, says chargesheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said that the teenager is a third-year student at a private polytechnic institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Touhidi Janata created hype in the area on Saturday afternoon over his Facebook post. After receiving the information, the police went to the teenager&#8217;s house in the evening and detained him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After taking him to the police station around 8pm, the mob took out a procession demanding justice. Around 9pm, when the procession passed in front of the teenager&#8217;s house, they looted and vandalised his house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 10:30pm, they looted and vandalised the house of the teenager&#8217;s grandfather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Emran, officer-in-charge (OC) of Gangachara police station, said they detained the teenager after receiving a complaint. Later, a case was filed under the Cyber Security Act, and he was sent to the Combined Child Rehabilitation Centre on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, thousands of people went to the village again and started attacking houses around 3:30pm in the presence of the army and police personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affected people of the area are Paresh Chandra, Dharani Kanta Mohanta, Dhananjay Kumar, Atul Chandra, Kamala Kanta, and Dulal Chandra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mahmud Hasan Mridha went to talk to the agitated crowd at Khilalganj Bazar around 6pm on Sunday. He said: \u201cThere are law enforcement forces at the scene. We are trying to stop them. Now the situation is normal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested a 17-year-old Hindu teenager in Rangpur after a mob of radical Islamists alleged that he had posted insulting the Prophet (PBUH) on Facebook. 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