Bangladesh: 88 cases filed, 70 people held in minority-related incidents in Aug-Oct this year

In Bangladesh, a total of 88 cases have been filed in incidents related to the minorities from August 5 to October 22 this year, while 70 people were arrested in connection with those incidents, revealed Shafiqul Alam, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary at a regular press briefing in Dhaka. Mentioning the recent attacks on minorities in Sunamganj, Narsingdi, Chattogram and Dhaka, he said the tally of arrests and cases will increase as some new incidents have happened in those places, reports Bangladesh Sanghbad Sangstha (BSS).

Alam said the detailed information in these cases will be disclosed later. ‘All those who commit such violence and heinous acts in Bangladesh will be brought under the law’, he said. About the political identities of the detainees, Alam said: ‘None is arrested on political identity. Anyone who is suspected or charged is being brought under the law.’ Although 88 cases were related to violence against minorities, it has come to their notice that in many cases, people who faced violence were members of the previous ruling party, he said.