Bangladesh Police Hunt Suspects After Cleric’s Grave Desecrated

Bangladesh police launch manhunt after riot over cleric's grave

DHAKA, Sept 6 — Bangladesh police said today they had launched a manhunt after hundreds of hardline Islamists desecrated the grave of a controversial cleric in an attack in which one person was killed.Dozens of shrines have been attacked since the dramatic fall of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina in August last year as hardliners gain ground in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.However, yesterday’s attack in central Bangladesh was a rare case of a grave be…

Bangladesh police hunt suspects after cleric’s grave desecrated

A witness said the body of cleric Nurul Haque Molla was disinterred and set on fire after hardline Islamists stormed his shrine in Rajbari.

Bangladesh police launch manhunt after riot over cleric’s grave

The Sept 5 attack was a rare case of a grave being dug up and a body desecrated. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Controversial religious leader body exhumed and set on fire in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, a mob exhumed the body of a man with alleged controversial religious views from his grave along with his shroud and set it on fire on the road. One person was also reported to have died in this highly provocative incident. This horrific incident has come to light in the Rajbari district of central Bangladesh. The body of a man named Mullah Noor-ul-Haq was first taken out of his grave, and later, according to a report, he was cut i…