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Insulting Quran picture in face book leads to violence in Coxsbazar
A section of unruly elements over a derogatory photo of the Holy Quran on facebook set ablaze at least six Buddhist pagodas and 30 homes at Merunloa village under Ramu upazila in Cox'sBazar district on Saturday night.Nazibul Alam, Officer-in-Charge(OC) of Ramu Police Station, said, at least four people were injured in the mayhem that continued in the area for about two hours on Saturday night after ayouth reportedly posted a photograph disgracing the Holy Quran on the wall of his facebook.
Police arrested Uttam Kumar Barua, a resident of Baruapara, for his alleged involvement. The protesters blamed the blasphemous photo on the wall of a facebook for the violence.But it was not immediately clearif Uttam Kumar actually did it.
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On Sunday morning, the Cox'sBazar district administration imposed section 144 in Ramu to prevent furtheruntoward situation.Soon after the violence, Uttam'sfacebook account was closed and police escorted him and his mother to safety,said the SP.The mob gathered on the roads at10.30 pm on Saturday night and chanted slogans against insulting of the HolyQuran.Since Sunday morning, Army, BGB,RAB and police have been guarding all the 27 Buddhist monasteries and pagodasin Ramu while police forces have been deployed in all other areas where theviolence broke out.The Buddhists, meanwhile, stageda human chain protest at the port city demanding exemplary punishment againstthe attackers warning that otherwise members of the community would wage agreater protest.
We condemn the Buddhist boy who is responsible for the insulting Quran picture in Facebook.Action should be taken against him.At the same time all those who attacked the Buddhist temples and houses should be punished. No innocent person can be made responsible for the action of another person.The temples should be rebuilt on government expenses and affected people should be compensated.
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