Man sent to jail for partially damaging Bangabandhu mural

A man was sent to jail today, a day after his detention, for his alleged involvement in the partial damaging of a mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Thakurgaon's Pirganj upazila.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ramesh Kumar Daga sent Noor Alam to jail, rejecting his bail prayers when he was produced before the court around 3:00pm today, said Court Inspector Jahangir Alam.
Noor Alam (55), of Raghunathpur village in the upazila, was detained yesterday afternoon.
Pradip Kumar Roy, officer-in-charge of Pirganj Police Station, filed a case against Noor last night, our Thakurgaon correspondent reports.
The accused damaged the right side of the mural with a brick in the Purba Chourasta area of the upazila headquarters around 4:30pm yesterday, OC Pradip said quoting witnesses.
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