Cumilla Puja Mandap incident: Iqbal among 4 placed on remand

A Cumilla court has placed Iqbal Hossain and three others on seven days remand in a case filed for hurting the religious sentiment.

Iqbal Hossain is the key suspect who kept the Holy Quran at the Nanua Dighir Par Puja Mandap in Cumilla city on October 13,

Three other accused are Humayun Kabir, assistant Khadem of Darogabari Mazar, Foysal Ahmed and Ikram Hossain, who called 999 after the incident.

Judge of Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Cumilla Mithila Jahan Mita passed the order when police produced them before the court with remand plea on Saturday noon.

Cumilla Additional Police Super M Tanvir Ahmed confirmed the news.

They were produced around 12.00pm before the court.

Iqbal Hossain was arrested in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night.

After primary interrogation, he was taken to Cumilla on Friday morning.