Nasirnagar mayhem: Rasraj freed on bail

Rasraj Das, who secured bail in connection with an attack on the Hindus in Brahmanbaria's Nasirnagar upazila yesterday, was released from jail today.

Rasraj, 27, a fisherman with a background of little education, was freed from jail around 12:30pm after the district’s jail authorities received bail documents, reports our local correspondent.

He was detained after a Facebook post from a profile bearing his name had triggered the attack on October 30 last year.

Around 200 religious bigots attacked at least five temples and vandalised and looted about 100 Hindu houses in several localities in Nasirnagar upazila.

Judge Md Ismail Hossain of Brahmanbaria District and Sessions Judge's Court yesterday granted him bail more than two months after the bail petition was filed.

Referring to a forensic report, Rasraj's lawyer Nasir Mia yesterday said there was no evidence that he had posted any photograph on Facebook that hurt religious sentiments.