Bangladesh
Bangabandhu Statue Vandalization Detainees confess to vandalizing Bangabandhu's sculpture after hearing Islamic speakers Mamunul Haque and Faizul Karim's statements
Dhaka, December 7: Police have arrested two students of a madrasa involved in the demolition of a under construction sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at night at five intersections of Kushtia city and two teachers of the madrasa for allegedly helping in the incident.
The two arrested madrasa students told the police that they vandalized the sculpture of Bangabandhu after hearing the statements of Islamic speakers Maulana Muhammad Mamunul Haque and Faizul Karim.
Earlier on Friday (December 4), they vandalized the face and hand parts of a sculpture of Bangabandhu under construction at a crossroads of five roads in Kushtia city at a cost of around Tk 3 million. The raid was followed by the arrest of two teachers of the madrasa on Saturday night (December 5) and the two students on Sunday morning on the basis of information provided by them.
The arrested are Abu Bakkar alias Mithun (19) and Sabuj Islam alias Nahid (20) and teachers Al-Amin (27) and Yusuf Ali (26), students of Hefz department of Jugia Paschimpara Ibn Masud (RA) Madrasa in Kushtia city.
Khulna Range DIG Khandaker Mohiuddin told reporters at a press conference at Kushtia Police Lines on Sunday (December 6).
Additional DIG AKM Nahidul Islam, Kushtia Superintendent of Police SM Tanvir Arafat and other police officials were present at the time.
Speaking at the press conference, the DIG of Khulna Range said, "After this sensitive incident, all the police units were deployed using CCTV footage and technology." Within 23 hours, police were able to arrest two people who had taken part in the attack and two teachers who had helped them.
In a written statement to the press conference, it was said that during the operation, Abdullah (15) and Abdur Rahman (17) of Jamaat department of Jugia Paschimpara Madrasa Ibn Masood (RA) under Kushtia Model Police Station were detained and interrogated and video footage was shown. They know the two who vandalized the sculpture of Mujibur Rahman. They studied in the Hefz department of the same madrasa.
Analyzing the information received later, Abu Bakkar alias Mithun and Sabuj Islam alias Nahid, a student of the same madrasa, were arrested on Sunday from their respective villages.
They confessed to being involved in the incident during interrogation after his arrest.
