One more person killed on October 15 as attackers from a procession of several thousand people stormed into the Bijoya Durga Temple on College Road in Noakhali District, reports The Daily Star. At one stage, the mob beat and stabbed Jatan Kumar Saha (38), a member of the executive committee of the temple managing committee. He died in Noakhali Sadar Hospital later. With Jatan, five people have been killed as violence erupted in several places following reports that the Holy Quran was demeaned in Comilla District.
Meanwhile, five Policemen have been injured, when a procession taken out from the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after the Friday prayers attacked law enforcers in Dhaka city on October 15, reports Dhaka Tribune. Soon after the procession, taken out protesting the alleged dishonour of Islam in Comilla, reached at the Kakrail intersection, the protester started to hurl brickbats as the Police obstructed them. Witnesses said a large number of devotees came out from the national mosque after the Jum’a prayers chanting slogans against desecration of the Holy Quran. The procession marched through the Paltan crossing and Bijoynagar intersection, and the proceeded towards Kakrail Nightingale crossing. As Police tried to intercept the procession at the Nightingale crossing, they threw brickbats at the law enforcers.