Narail Mayhem: Arrested Youth Put on 3-Day Remand

A court in Narail today (July 17) granted a three-day remand for interrogating Akash Saha (20), over a case filed for making a Facebook post that reportedly hurt religious sentiments in Lohagara upazila of Narail.

Narail Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Md Morshedul Alam passed the remand order after police pleaded for a seven-day remand, the media reported quoting Lohagara Police Station Sub-Inspector Makfur Rahman, also the investigation officer in the case.

Earlier in the day, police arrested Akash Saha, a college student from Khulna.

Kochi Sardar, a resident of Dighalia area of the upazila, filed the case against him.

Mobs on July 15, 2022 vandalised a temple, a grocery store and several houses of the Hindu community in Sahapara area of Lohagara upazila following the Facebook post.