Dipu Das lynching: Man ‘who led attack’ held in Bangladesh, says report
The Bangladesh Police on Wednesday arrested another suspect in the Dipu Chandra Das murder case that took place in Mymensingh district’s Bhaluka on December 18.
According to The Daily Star, which quoted Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration) Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Yasin Arafat (25), of Bhaluka was arrested Wednesday afternoon from Sarulia area under Demra Police Station in Dhaka.
The report added that Arafat had been serving as an imam at the Sheikhbari Mosque in Kashar and also teaching at the Madina Tahfizul Quran Madrasa. It further added that Arafat reportedly led the attack on Das.
On December 18, a group of people allegedly beat Das, a Hindu man, to death, accusing him of blasphemy. After beating him to death, the attackers tied the body of the young man to a tree and set it on fire, Bhaluka police station duty officer Ripon Mia was quoted as saying by BBC Bangla.
