Detectives on April 27 claimed to have identified at least 313 donors, who used to finance Hefajat-e Islam (HeI) that carried out violence across the country in March protesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh, reports The Daily Star. Confirming the development, AKM Hafiz Akhter, additional commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Police, said, "We have so far identified 313 people who provided funds to Hefajat." According to investigators, a large number of them are expatriate Bangladeshis and some of them are top BNP leaders. About HeI's funding and donors, Mohamad Asaduzzaman, Deputy Commissioner (Motijheel Division) of DB Police, told that HeI leaders used to collect the funds from the donors for madrasa purposes. But they did not get any papers or documents where and how the funds were spent, he added. Regarding the transaction, DB Additional Commissioner Hafiz Akter said they have traced over BDT 6 crore transaction in two bank accounts of Mamunul, joint secretary general of the now defunct committee of the Qawmi madrasa-based organisation.