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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
This October 1 photo shows a Buddhist monk trying to restore religious texts that was torched by a mob of religious fanatics at a temple in Ramu of Cox's Bazar.
Police arrested one more person Monday night in connection with the September 29 attack on Buddhists in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar.
Saleh Ahmed, 34, son of Mir Ahmed of Dakshin Pahartali in the district, was arrested in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila, reports our Chittagong correspondent quoting police.
Saleh is a part time teacher of a school run by World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), a non-government organisation, said Jashim Uddin, officer-in-charge of Cox's Bazar Sadar Police Station
A mob destroyed 12 pagodas and more than 50 houses in Ramu on the night of September 29. The violence was apparently triggered by a Facebook posting of a photo derogatory to the holy Quran.
Being tipped-off, a team of police raided Lal Dighirpar area around 10:00pm Monday and captured Saleh, the OC said.
Saleh provided shelters to Rohingyas several times, the OC claimed.
He said arrestee's father Mir Ahmed was migrated to Bangladesh from Myanmar before the 1971 Liberation War.
The arrestee, however, claimed himself as a Bangladeshi national and showed his national identity card (NID) and passport before the law enforcers, the OC said.
The law enforcers were interrogating him to ascertain his link with the violence and his identity till Tuesday morning.
Police said 239 people have so far been arrested in connection with the Ramu violence.
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