Three more arrested over attack on minority houses in Sunamganj

Police arrested three more accused in a case filed over the attack on the houses of Hindu community people in Noagaon village of Sunamganj's Shalla upazila on Saturday night.

Shalla police station officer-in-charge Nazmul Huq confirmed the arrest. Raids are underway to arrest the remaining accused, he added.

As many as 33 people have been arrested in the case so far.

Earlier, on Saturday, a team of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested the prime accused, Shahidul Islam Swadhin in the case from Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district.

Shahidul Islam Swadhin, who is a member of Sarmangal union parishad in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj district, will be handed over to Shalla police on Sunday. Residents of Noagaon alleged that he was the main instigator behind the attack.

On 17 March, Hefajat-e-Islam followers vandalised several houses of the Hindu community and temple in Noagaon village over a Facebook post flaking the party's joint secretary general Maulana Mamunul Haque.

Two separate cases were filed over the attack by police and Noagaon resident and local Habibpur union parishad chairman Vivekananda Majumder.