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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Two more people were arrested from different areas of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar over recent attacks on Buddhist temples on September 29.
The arrestees are Momtaz Mian, 35, of Unchiprong area and Shamsul Alam, 40, of Doyangata area.
Police said they arrested the people in an overnight drive on Thursday night and early yesterday.
Shamsul Alam is number 11 accused in a case filed over the attack in Whykang Buddhist area while Momtaz Mian was detained on suspicion of his involvement in the incident, said Sub-Inspector Bhaktiar Uddin Chowdhury of Whykang Police Post.
During the attacks, pagodas and Buddhist houses were torched or vandalised by Muslim fanatics.
The violence was instigated by a faked Facebook page that showed an anti-Islam photograph tagged on a Buddhist youth's account.
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