Shawdesh Desk:

A Kushtia court on Tuesday placed two madrasa students on a 5-day remand each and two teachers on a 4-day remand in a case filed over vandalism of sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia.

Kushtia Senior Judicial Magistrate Enamul Haque passed the order after police produced them before the court, seeking a 10-day remand for the students and a four-day remand for the teachers in the case.

Earlier, Kushtia police arrested students Abu Bakar and Nahid and Alamin (33) and Yusuf (38), teachers of Masud (R:) Madrasa in Kushtia town’s Jugia area.

Police at a press briefing on Sunday said that Abu Bakar and Sabuj Islam vandalised the sculpture at Pach Rastar Morh area of Kushtia on Friday night.

The duo came out of the madrasa and walked two kilometers to Pach Rastar Morh. They vandalised the sculpture with a hammer for eight minutes and walked back to their madrasa.

According to the police, the students then informed two teachers about the incident on Saturday morning. Teachers suggested they flee. The students then fled to their homes.

The police later arrested them in separate drives.

The incident of vandalising Bangabadhu’s sculpture took place amidst the ongoing tensions over construction of a sculpture of Bangabandhu in Dhaka’s Dholaipar area.

Hefazat leader Mamunul and Islami Andolon Bangladesh’s Faizul Karim, and some other leaders of religious groups warned the government to stop construction of the sculpture.