Ex-UP chairman denied bail

A Brahmanbaria court yesterday sent sacked Haripur Union Parishad chairman Dewan Atiqur Rahman alias Ankhi to jail after rejecting his bail prayer in connection with the attack on Hindu houses and temples in Nasirnagar upazila.

Earlier, he had been on a four-week bail granted by the High Court.

Four cases were filed against Atiqur over the attack, said Md Mahbubur Rahman, inspector of Brahmanbaria Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court.

On October 30 last year, zealots carried out a synchronised attack on the Hindus in the upazila, vandalising around 100 homes and at least five temples and looting valuables over a Facebook post.

Police so far arrested 122 people, including leaders of Awami League and BNP, over the incident.