The Chattogram metropolitan unit of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad has completely expelled the unit’s Joint General Secretary Sajal Dutta for involving and allowing a neighborhood of performers to whine an Islamic song on stage at the Durga Puja mandap at JM Sen Hall within the port metropolis.
A letter, signed by the Chattogram Puja Udjapan Parishad’s President Lion Ashish Bhattacharya and General Secretary Hillol Sen, used to be issued by the parishad this afternoon (11 October).
The Industrial Long-established has got a copy of the letter, which acknowledged that Sajal used to be fully accountable for hurting the spiritual sentiment of the Hindu devotees as he invited and allowed the six people of Chattogram Cultural Academy to take the stage and assemble an Islamic Dawah song all via the cultural programme at the mandap within the metropolis’s Rahmatganj residence the old day evening (10 October).
That’s the reason the Chattogram metropolis unit of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad in an emergency assembly determined to expel Sajal completely, read the letter.
Earlier right now, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) confirmed that two folks had been detained for questioning in connection with the Islamic song efficiency at the Durga Puja mandap after their neighborhood acquired an invitation and permission from Sajal.
At a press briefing held at Dampara Police Traces, CMP Deputy Commissioner (DC – Crime and Operations) Md Roish Uddin acknowledged that the six Chattogram Cultural Academy people took the stage at round 7:30pm at the JM Sen Hall mandap and performed two Bengali songs — “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 latest at the venue expressed displeasure over the 2nd song, while a video of the efficiency went viral on Facebook soon after and sparked controversy.
DC Roish identified the 2 detainees as Shahidul Islam, 42, a trainer at Tanzimul Ummah Madrasah, and Md Nurul Islam, 34, a trainer at Darul Irfan Madrasah. Every had been amongst the six cultural academy individuals who performed two songs on stage, he acknowledged, including that the duo used to be taken into custody all via raids final evening.
“We are investigating whether or no longer this used to be an strive to ignite a communal war. We are questioning the 2 detainees and engaged on taking the assorted performers into custody,” acknowledged DC Roish.
Furthermore, he acknowledged, police had been having a perceive for Sajal, who went into hiding lovely after the incident. “We are having a perceive into their political affiliations and that you just would possibly presumably presumably mediate malicious intent, if there are any. Per what we be taught from interrogations, we can take further lovely steps including filing a case,” acknowledged the CMP loyal.
When it comes to the incident, Puja Udjapan Parishad General Secretary Hillol Sen the old day evening told The Industrial Long-established, “I wasn’t latest when the songs had been performed. The neighborhood went on stage after Sajal Dutta spoke with them. We are discussing the subject.”
When asked about rumours that the neighborhood forcibly took the stage, Hillol clarified that they performed with permission from Sajal but he and President Ashish weren’t told.
Sajal Dutta has been unreachable in person and over the cellular phone for comments for the reason that incident.
Amid the a gigantic selection of discussions referring to the video on-line, some had been linking the neighborhood of performers with Jamaat-e-Islami and its pupil fly Islami Chhatra Shibir. Nevertheless, both Jamaat and Shibir have claimed that the musical neighborhood used to be no longer affiliated with them.
Chattogram Cultural Academy also denied any link with Jamaat or Shibir. It also rejected the allegations that they forcibly took the stage, stressing they had been invited by Sajal to assemble.
