Ramu upazila of Cox's OC withdrawn, Sec 144 lifted,Bangladesh

BANGLADESH NEWS

The officer-in-charge of Ramu Police Station in Cox's Bazar was withdrawn on Tuesday, two days after the violence centring an anti-Islam posting at Facebook.

Meanwhile, the section 144 which was imposed on Sunday in Ramu, Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of the seaside district following the mayhem was lifted on Tuesday, reports our Chittagong correspondent, quoting Selim Md Jahangir, superintendent of police in Cox's Bazar.

The SP said OC AK Nazibul Islam has been withdrawn for not taking appropriate action to calm the attackers and negligence of duty during the Saturday's violence.

Nazibul was attached to the Cox's Bazar police lines, the SP said.

A mob destroyed 12 Buddhist temples and monasteries and more than 50 houses damaged in Ramu during the violence, which was triggered by a Facebook posting of a photo defaming the holy Quran. The violence was later spread to Chittagong.

Meanwhile, police has arrested 76 more people in the four upazilas of Cox's Bazar, raising the total number of arrestees to 169 in the district in connection with the communal violence.