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6 MADRASSA COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND TEACHERS ARRESTED
Buthidaung, April 21: 3 committee
members of a
madrassa
(religious school) with 3 teachers, who were
arrested on 15 March by Nasaka for expanding the
madrassa
structure, are still in police custody,
according to our correspondent.
It was a madrassa placed at Rwa Nyo Daung
village,
necessities the villagers made a
small extension to
the existing madrassa
structure, without permission
from the Nasaka,
which usually is not easily
available. For this, the villagers
were punished by
Nasaka who, on 15 March, arrested
3 members of the
madrassa
committee with 3 teachers. They all were
inhumanly tortured even with
electric shock, sources
said.
On 17 March, the Nasakan forced
the villagers into
demolishing the madrassa
completely, the sources
further said.
The arrested persons are: (1) Mostafa
Kamal (ex-
chairman of Rwak
Nyo Daung village), (2) Salamat Ullah
(member of madrasa
committee) (3) Chairman of the Rwak
Nyo Daung
VPDC (4) Maulana Ashraf Ullah (teacher) (5)
Maulana Nurul
Islam (teacher) (6) Maulana Fayas
Ahamed
(teacher), sources further added.
There are about 150 students in this madrassa.
“A
teacher of the madrassa
preferring not to state his
name told our correspondent that
with no religious freedom, although
the SDPC claims to
have total freedom of religion.
Islam has become their
main target and the future of our
students is very
much uncertain.”
Editor
Kaladan Press Network
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