A Narayanganj court has granted bail to cultural activist Rafiur Rabbi in a case filed by a leader of radical Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam for allegedly hurting religious sentiment.
Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Mehedi Hasan granted the bail upon a bond of Tk5,000 on Thursday.
Narayanganj court police Inspector Shohel Alam confirmed it to Dhaka Tribune.
Earlier in the morning, Hefazat leaders and activists gathered in front of the court and chanted slogans against Rafiur Rabbi.
The Detective Branch of police on May 5 submitted an investigation report to a Narayanganj court in the case.
The court then summoned Rabbi to appear before it on May 25.
Mawlana Ferdousur Rahman, coordinator of the radical Islamist group’s Narayanganj unit, filed the case with the court of Narayanganj Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashok Kumar Dutta on April 19.
After accepting the case, the court then asked the DB to probe the complaint and set May 7 to hear the case.
On April 7, during the 25th anniversary of local cultural organisation “Shrutee,” Rabbi, the father of slain schoolboy Tanvir Mohammad Toki, delivered a speech “offending” religious beliefs of the Muslims, the plaintiff’s lawyer Sultan Ul Arefin said in the case statement.
He said: “In his statement Rabbi said freedom fighters would have not taken part in the 1971 Liberation War had they known that the country’s constitution would start with Bismillah.”
The plaintiff complained: “The remark was tantamount to offending the Muslims’ religious sentiments.”
Thursday, June 04, 2026
