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Sangrami Olema Parisad demands monk Sharanangkar’s arrest
DHAKA, Oct 16, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh Sangrami Olema Parisad (BSOP) leaders today reiterated their demand for the arrest of Buddhist monk Sharanangkar.
The BSOP leaders made the demand from a protest rally in front of Baitul Mokarram national mosque south gate.
The leaders alleged that forest department and law enforcement agencies filed 14 cases against Sharanangkar, as he occupied forest land and a Hindu cremation ground and cut trees and hills illegally.
They also claimed that warrants were also issued in some of the cases against him.
Bangladesh Sangrami Olema Parisad Coordinator and United Islamic Party (UIP) chairman Maulana Md Ismail Hossain, Maulana Mohammad Omar Faruque, Maulana Mufti Harun Rashid, Maulana Mohammad Mezbah Uddin, Maulana Mufti Saifullah Sadi, Hafez Maulana Mufti Bashir Uddin, Maulana Mufti Moniruzzaman, Maulana Md Abdur Razzak and Maulana Md Zahirul Islam, among others, spoke at the programme.
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