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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Law enforcers yesterday arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader from a Chittagong-bound bus in Ramu bypass in connection with the vandalism and arson of Buddhist temples in Ramu and Cox's Bazar on September 29.
The arrestee is Shahidul Alam Bahadur, 40, a former vice-president of Student Council of Cox's Bazar College, said Sahed Uddin, sub-inspector of Cox's Bazar Police Station
A joint team of police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested him from the bus around 5:30pm.
Police sources said Bahadur led a mob in vandalising the Buddhist temple at Khurulia village in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila and also in Ramu on that night.
He was also accused of barring the law enforcers from performing their duties.
Students to be warned about religious militancy
The education ministry will ask educational institutions to warn students about the dangers of religious militancy.
"We have already talked to the director generals of directorate of secondary, higher and technical education and chairman of madrasa education board," said SA Mahmud, joint secretary (secondary) of the ministry.
“They will ask schools, colleges and madrasas to talk about the issue during assembly,” he said.
The directive came at an inter-ministerial meeting on curbing militancy, chaired by State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque, two weeks back, said the ministry officials.
Mahmud said his ministry had initiated a campaign to raise students' awareness about eve teasing, militancy and social values few years back.
Director General Prof Noman-ur-Rashid of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education said, "We will inform the schools once we get a formal letter from the ministry."
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