UP chairman suspended over instigation
The government yesterday suspended Haripur Union Parishad Chairman Dewan Atikur Rahman Ankhi, the prime accused in a case filed for the October 30 arson attack on Hindus in Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar upazila.
The LGRD ministry issued the gazette in this regard with immediate effect, saying the attack on the Hindu houses and temples was sensational and Ankhi instigated it, abusing his administrative power.
Ankhi was arrested on January 5 in cases related to the attack.
He was suspended under the UP law, till further notice, said the order, signed by Deputy Secretary Mahbubur Rahman.
Local Awami League leader Ankhi, during remand, confessed that he paid the fare for the trucks hired to carry out the mayhem on Hindus on October 30 last year, police claimed.
Triggered by a Facebook post, zealots carried out the synchronised attack on Hindus and vandalised and looted around 100 homes and at least five temples. The attackers also beat up over 100 people of the
community.
Eight cases have been filed so far in connection with the attack, and law enforcers have arrested 109 people, including AL and BNP leaders.
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