Imam, 2 others sent to jail
An imam (religious leader) of a mosque and two others in Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila were sent to jail yesterday in a case filed over “demeaning Islam”.
The imam, Hafez Harunur Rashid, 50, of Chouddobari Jame Mosque, accompanied a group of people allegedly to remove inscriptions on the mosque's walls that bore Allah and Prophet's (PBUH) names, police said quoting locals.
A case was filed against five people, including the imam, over the incident by Shahidul Islam, sub-inspector of Patgram Police Station, on April 27.
On Sunday, Imam Harun, Dulu Miah, president of the mosque managing committee, and his son Shafiqul Islam were arrested at Taluk Khutamara in Aditmari upazila.
Earlier, police arrested Abdur Rahman and Hanif Ali in the upazila in connection with the incident.
Lalmonirhat Senior Judicial Magistrate Mehedi Hasan Mondol sent the imam and two others to jail after they were produced before the court yesterday, the SI said.
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