Tangail: Religious bigots vandalised and looted at least 10 houses of the Ahmadiyyas in Chandtara village of the district’s Ghatail upazila early Sunday.
Irate at the move to build an Ahmadiyya mosque in the area, they attacked the houses at around 2:00am and continued pillaging till 6:00am in the morning, local sources said.
Earlier on Saturday, 10 Ahmadiyyas were injured in an attack while returning from the foundation-laying ceremony of the mosque.
Abu Taher Akhand, a member of the Ahmadiyya community, told The Daily Star that paddy, furniture, livestock and household items worth around Tk 10 lakh were looted from his house.
"They made the attack after police left the village,” he said.
His family and dwellers of the other houses however managed to flee to safety, he added.
Mominur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Ghatail Police Station, confirmed the incident, and said two cases had been filed in this connection. The construction of the mosque has been suspended.
A section of locals under the banner of "Imam Parishad" have long been campaigning against 40 Ahmadiyya families in the village.
On June 17, they thwarted another move to start building the planned Ahmadiyya mosque.http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=150004
2. Moudud gets bail in sedition case
Dhaka; The High Court on Monday granted an anticipatory bail to former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed in a sedition case filed in Khulna till charge framing in this case.
An HC bench also issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why Moudud should not be granted regular bail in this case.
The bench passed the order following a petition filed by Moudud on Monday seeking bail in this case.
Additional Public Prosecutor SM Sazzad Ali of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court filed the case on Sunday against Moudud Ahmed and former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Sayed Abdullah Mohammad Taher in Khulna for making "anti-state" statement.
The sedition case was filed alleging that the security of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her family members, state, government and people might be endangered due to the provocative speech given by Taher at a discussion at National Press Club on August 4 in presence of Moudud.http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=25226
