Local authorities in Bogra’s Shibganj have announced a Tk50,000 reward for anyone with authentic information about the culprits who attacked a Shia mosque there last Thursday.
Acting upazila vice-chairman Beauty Begum made the announcement yesterday following a meeting presided by the district Deputy Commissioner Ashraf Uddin at Haripur village.
She said the attack had damaged the image of the upazila, adding that the perpetrators should be arrested immediately to prevent any such incident from ever taking place again.
The DC, Ashraf, said all measures have been taken to arrest the culprits. The family of the deceased, Moazzem Hossain, have been given Tk20,000 and the families of the two injured – Abu Taher, 70 and Aftab Ali, 42 – have also received Tk10,000 each as assistance.
Local police, on the other hand, assured that innocent civilians would not be harassed during the investigation of the case.
Additional Superintendent of Police Arifur Rahman Mondol said only those with links to the case or anyone with information would be held.
Meanwhile, the mosque’s imam, Shahinur Rahman, who was also shot during the attack has now been referred to the DMCH by doctors in the district.
The imam’s elder brother Tofazzal Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune that doctors at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital had suddenly released his brother in the afternoon and referred him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
However, he could not comment on whether his brother’s condition had deteriorated or not.
The family would take Shahinur to Dhaka later in the day, Tofazzal said last evening.