Dhaka, May 20 — Bangladesh police have detained a 23-year-old Hindu man in connection with an alleged desecration of the Quran in Mymensingh district, officials said Wednesday.
The suspect was identified as Shawan Chandra Das, son of Sadhan Chandra Das, from the Majipara neighborhood of Gauripur in Mymensingh.
Police said the disturbance began after what they described as an objectionable image related to the Quran was posted from the accused’s IMO account, an international messaging and video-calling service. The post reportedly provoked strong reactions among local residents.
Mymensingh Police Superintendent Md Kamru Hasan told reporters that the young man had posted the image in a manner considered disrespectful and went into hiding after the incident, which occurred on Tuesday. He said Das was arrested on Wednesday by officers from Tejgaon Thana in Dhaka.
The police spokesman did not provide further details about the content of the post or the specific charges being pursued.
Mymensingh has seen several attacks on minority communities in recent years, particularly targeting Hindus. Earlier this year, a 60-year-old Hindu businessman, Sushen Chandra Sarkar, was found gravely injured in Trishal and later died; authorities said he had been attacked with a sharp weapon after he failed to return home on the night of February 9.
Hasan Israfil, ASP of the Trishal Circle, told ANI that Sarkar’s son discovered him wounded at his shop and that doctors at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital pronounced him dead despite treatment.
In another high-profile case in the same district, on December 18, 2025, a garment worker named Dipu Chandra Das was beaten to death by a mob. Reports said his body was later hung and set on fire. Initial accounts from a factory official said workers had accused him of making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad in a Facebook post.
However, investigators from Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-14 in Mymensingh reported they found no evidence that Dipu had posted material online that would have provoked such an attack, and said neither residents nor co-workers could point to any offending post.
Separately, the interim government published official data covering incidents affecting minority communities in 2025. The review, shared by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, recorded 645 incidents involving members of minority groups, based on verified police records including FIRs, general diaries, charge sheets and investigation updates.
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