Cox's Bazar, Oct 5 (bdnews24.com) – BNP Standing Committee member Moudud Ahmed on Friday said the local administration completely failed to prevent or tackle the attacks on Buddhist temples, monasteries and houses in Ramu and adjoining areas in Cox's Bazar district.
A BNP investigation committee formed to conduct field investigation into the communal violence visited the spots of trouble in the district on Friday.
Later, its Convener Moudud told reporters that Ramu was half-an-hour bus ride from Cox's Bazar district headquarters. The violence at Ramu ensued around 9:30pm on Sep 29 and many of the Buddhist temples, monasteries and houses were set ablaze by 1:30am.
"But no official of the police or the district administration had gone to the spot by then, the people of the Buddhist community complained to us."
"After carrying out field investigation, talking to the victims and collecting the evidences, we're confirm that the incident is premeditated and a deliberate act of communal violence against a minority. It's also surprising that the role of police from the beginning to the end of the incident was that of silent spectators."
A group of religious fanatics attacked a Buddhist locality in Cox's Bazar district's Ramu upazila on Sep 29 night. They vandalised, torched and looted Buddhist temples, monasteries, houses and shops in the locality. Similar attacks also took place in Patia upazila of Chittagong district, and Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas in Cox's Bazar the following day.
Quoting the victims, Moudud, also former Law Minister, said that the violence had not been so much had the police tackled it sincerely.
The arson attacks were triggered after rumours had it that a Buddhist youth named Uttam Barua of Bouddha Parha in Merunloa village of Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar on Saturday posted a photograph on the wall of his Facebook account that disgraced the holy Quran.
The members of the BNP probe team went to the Central Sima Monastery in Ramu at 9:30am on Friday and met Buddhist monks and the victims.
Till noon, they also visited several Buddhist temples, monasteries and houses damaged in arson attacks by religious fanatics.
Other members of the committee include BNP Standing Committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Advisor Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Joint Secretary General Salauddin Ahmed, Organising Secretary Golam Akbar Khandaker, Advocate Gautom Chakraborty and Dr Sukomal Barua.
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