Police arrested a man from Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila for beating Shadunnabi Jewel to death and torching his body after accusing him of disrespecting the holy Quran.

Shahidunnabi Jewel was beaten to death and burned on October 29 following a rumour but no evidence of disrespecting the holy Quran has been found, says a probe report submitted by the district administration.

Detectives in a drive arrested four more people in connection with the lynching of a man for ‘disrespecting Quran’ in Burimari of Lalmonirhat, from different parts of the upazila on Saturday night.

Detectives in a drive arrested six more people in connection with the lynching of a young man over ‘disrespecting Quran’ in Burimari of Lalmonirhat, from different parts of the upazila early Tuesday.

Police arrested five more people from Patgram upazila on Sunday night in connection with the lynching of a young man over ‘disrespecting Quran’ in Burimari of Lalmonirhat on Thursday.

A rabid and belligerent beat a young man to death and burned his body in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila accusing him of ‘disrespecting the Quran’ on Thursday.