The chief of a probe body formed by the Police Headquarters to look into the namaz-e-janaza attended by thousands of people in Sarail upazila visited the spot on Sunday afternoon.

Local administration on Sunday put seven villages in Sarail  and Ashuganh upazilas under lockdown aiming to minimize the risks of coronavirus transmission as a huge number of people gathered at a funeral prayer in the area on Saturday violating the social distancing rule.

Police Headquarters on Sunday formed a three-member committee to look into the huge gathering at the funeral of senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish at Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria.   Confirming the information, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police Headquarters (Media) Md Sohel Rana said Additional Superintendent (Sarail circle) Masud Rana was also withdrawn over the incident.   On Saturday night, the officer-in-charge of Sarail Police Station was withdrawn for failing to prevent a large number of people from attending a funeral prayer violating the government’s instruction to maintain social distancing and staying indoors.   On Saturday morning, thousands of people attended the namaz-e-janaza of Mawlana Jubayer Ahmed Ansari at Bertala village ignoring the risk of coronavirus transmission.