66 Hindu houses vandalised and 20 torched in Bangladesh: Report

As many as 52 suspects have been arrested while a manhunt was launched for more suspects under a "combing operation" in collaboration with other security forces

A mob has damaged 66 houses and set on fire at least 20 homes of Hindus in Bangladesh over an alleged blasphemous social media post amid protests by the minority community against temple vandalism incidents during the Durga Puja celebrations last week, authorities said on Monday.

The arson attack by the mob of over a hundred people happened late on Sunday on a village in Rangpur district’s Pirganj, about 255 km from here, bdnews24.com reported.

The police rushed to a fishermen neighbourhood as tension mounted over a rumor that a young Hindu man of the village had “dishonoured religion” in a Facebook