An Islamist organisation warned human right organisations of dire consequences if they tried to re-establish the Kandapara brothel in Tangail district town.
The Asamajik Karjokolap Protirodh Committee made the statement at a rally held on the premises of the Shaheed Minar.
The rally was presided over by Shamsujjaman Khan, imam of Tangail central Jam-e-mosque.
Speakers at the rally said there would not be any positive consequences for the human right organisations who were supporting prostitution.
They said nobody in Tangail would be allowed to visit the abandoned brothel to reestablish it.
Maulana Shamsujjaman said, “If anyone tries to enter the empty brothel, our people will beat them up.”
After Juma prayers, people started gathering on the premises of the Shaheed Minar.
They also put up barricades on a road in the area for two hours, stopping traffic movement on both sides of the road.
Imam of Berabuchna mosque Ahmed Hasan Abed, imam of Graveyard mosque Maulana Mufti Asrafujjaman Kasemi, Organising Secretary of Tangail district Awami League unit Subhash Chandra Saha and Secretary of Baby Stand mosque committee Badsha Miah addressed the rally, among others.
Members of the organisation made the threat following a rumour that was spread in the district town stating that the chairman of Bangladesh Manabadhiker Commission Dr Mizanur Rahman and four ambassadors would visit Kandapara brothel.
Additional police have been deployed in different points of the town as a tense situation prevails there.
Many sex workers have rented houses at different residential areas of the town, causing people in those areas to be much concerned.