Chattogram, Oct 24 (UNB) – A case has been filed against former Chittagong City Corporation mayor and Jatiya Party leader Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury for allegedly hurting the religious sentiment of the Hindu community.
Banskhali Puja Udjapan Parishad joint secretary Swapan Kumar Das filed the case with the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court on Wednesday afternoon.
Plaintiff’s lawyer Mohammad Absar said Mahmudul delivered a speech during his visit to a puja mandap at Chechuria Shilpara in Banshkhali upazila on October 18 when he said, “I have also 10 hands as Goddess Durga has.”
His speech hurt the religious sentiment of Hindu people, Absar said.