Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) acknowledged on the novel time (11 October) that two of us bear handiest been detained for questioning in connection with the efficiency of an Islamic track on the stage of a Durga Puja mandap in Chattogram metropolis.
Six participants of Chattogram Cultural Academy yesterday night (10 October) took the stage on the JM Sen Hall mandap in the metropolis’s Rahmatganj location to set following an invitation from Chattogram Puja Occasion Council Joint Fashioned Secretary Sajal Dutta, acknowledged CMP Deputy Commissioner (DC – Crime and Operations) Md Roish Uddin.
Talking at a press convention held at Dampara Police Traces to tackle the incident and following construction, Roish identified the two detainees as Shahidul Islam, 42, a trainer at Tanzimul Ummah Madrasah, and Md Nurul Islam, 34, a trainer at Darul Irfan Madrasah.
Each and each were among the many six cultural academy participants who performed two songs on stage, acknowledged DC Roish, adding that the duo became once taken into custody for the length of raids ideal night.
He acknowledged that after the cultural programme began on the puja mandap yesterday afternoon, the academy’s participants — Shahidul, Nurul, Abdullah Iqbal, Rony, Golam Mostofa and Md Mamun — arrived on the venue and performed the songs on stage after Sajal invited them.
The 2 Bengali songs they performed were “Age Ki Sundor Din Kataitam” by Baul Shah Abdul Karim and “Shudhu Musolmaner Lagi Aseniko Islam” by Chowdhury Abdul Halim.
Tension rose as Hindu devotees display camouflage on the venue expressed displeasure over the 2nd track, whereas a video of the efficiency went viral on Fb quickly after and sparked controversy, acknowledged DC Roish.
“We are investigating whether or now now not this became once an strive to ignite a communal conflict. We are questioning the two detainees and engaged on taking the other performers into custody,” he acknowledged.
Furthermore, he acknowledged, police were purchasing for Sajal, who went into hiding correct after the incident. “We are having a watch into their political affiliations and that you just can instruct malicious intent, if there are any. In line with what we be taught from interrogations, we will take additional exact steps along side filing a case,” acknowledged the CMP respectable.
Earlier in the day, CMP Extra Deputy Commissioner (Media) Kazi Mohammad Tarek Aziz suggested The Business Traditional that two of us were arrested after a case became once filed over the incident on the mandap at JM Sen Hall, eminent because the port metropolis’s first town hall.
Regarding the incident, Hillu Sen Ujjal, overall secretary of the Chattogram Puja Occasion Council, yesterday night suggested The Business Traditional, “I wasn’t display camouflage when the songs were performed. The crew went on stage after Sajal Dutta spoke with them. We are discussing the topic.”
When asked about rumours that the crew forcibly took the stage, Hillu Sen clarified that they performed with permission.
Amid the diverse discussions relating to the video on-line, some were linking the crew with Jamaat-e-Islami and its student spin Islami Chhatra Shibir. On the other hand, every Jamaat and Shibir bear acknowledged that the musical crew became once now now not affiliated with any of their wings.
Chattogram Cultural Academy also denied any hyperlink with Jamaat or Shibir. It also rejected the allegations that they forcibly took the stage, stressing they were invited by the puja committee to set.
