A Cumilla court on Wednesday placed Iqbal Hossain and three others again on a three-day remand in a case filed over desecration of Quran at a temporary Puja mandao in Cumilla's Nanuwar Dighir Par. Judge of the Cumilla Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-1, Chandan Kanti Nath passed the order when police produced them before the court with five-day remand prayer, said Khan Kohammad Rezwan, police super of Cumilla Criminal Investigation Department (CID). READ: Quran desecration: Remand for Iqbal, 3 others extended by 5 days The other accused of the case are Ikram Hossain, Humayun Ahmed and Foysal Ahmed. Earlier on October 29, Iqbal  and three others accused in a case of desecration of Quran  were  remanded for five days, allowing police to further quiz them. Iqbal and three others – Ekram, who called 999 after the incident, and Daroga Bari shrine caretakers Humayun Kabir and Faisal – need to be questioned further as they have started disclosing facts, Rezwan said. The previous seven-day remand ended Friday. Police handed over the Quran desecration case against Iqbal and three others to the CID on October 24. Police filed a case with Cumilla Kotwali Police Station on October 13 against unnamed people for "besmirching the Quran and hurting religious sentiments," said Cumilla Additional Superintendent of Police M Tanvir Ahmed. On October 23, Iqbal, Ekram, Humayun Kabir, and Faisal were placed on a seven-day remand. The prime accused Iqbal was held from Cox's Bazar beach on October 21. He was then taken to the Cumilla Police Lines the next day. On October 13 Iqbal placed the Quran on the lap of an idol at the mandap. Ekram called the national emergency helpline "999" to report the "desecration of the holy scripture." The incident also went viral on Facebook. It led to violence  and attacks on temples and vandalisation of houses and businesses of the Hindu community in several districts, including Cumilla, Chandpur, Noakhali, Chattogram and Rangpur, leaving at least eight people dead and many injured. Of the dead, five were Muslims rioters who died in police firing. READ: Quran desecration case against Iqbal, 3 others transferred to CID Police identified Iqbal, the prime suspect of the Cumilla puja venue incident, on October 20 after scrutinising the footage of several CCTV cameras. In footage of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, Iqbal could be seen taking the Quran from a local mosque and entering a Durga Puja site. He is later seen walking away with a mace, taken from an idol of Lord Hanuman. A few moments later he was not seen with the mace. He was also seen entering the shrine. Iqbal said he threw the mace into a pond.

Iqbal Hossain and three others accused in an alleged case of desecration of Quran at a temporary Puja site in Cumilla's Nanuwar Dighir Par have been remanded for a further five days, allowing police to further quiz them. Cumilla Senior Judicial Magistrate Farhana Sultana granted the remand Friday afternoon after police applied for a seven-day remand in the case of hurting religious sentiments. Mohammad Rezwan, police super of Cumilla Criminal Investigation Department (CID), confirmed the development to UNB. Iqbal and three others – Ekram, who called 999 after the incident, and Daroga Bari shrine caretakers Humayun Kabir and Faisal – need to be questioned further as they have started disclosing facts, Rezwan said. The previous seven-day remand ended Friday. Police handed over the Quran desecration case against Iqbal Hossain and three others to the CID on October 24. Read: Quran desecration case against Iqbal, 3 others transferred to CID The instruction came from the Police Headquarters, Rezwan said. "Also, the law enforcers took Iqbal to the Daroga Bari Mazar Mosque pond at night. At 11pm the divers found the mace which went missing from Nanuar Dighi puja site in Cumilla city," Parimal Das, inspector of Cumilla Detective Branch of Police, said. In footage of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, Iqbal could be seen taking the Quran from a local mosque and entering a Durga Puja site. He is later seen walking away with a mace, taken from an idol of Lord Hanuman.

Police handed over the Quran desecration case against Iqbal Hossain and three others to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Sunday. The instruction came from the Police Headquarters, Mohammad Rezwan, police super of Cumilla CID, told UNB. "Also, the law enforcers took Iqbal to the Daroga Bari Mazar Mosque pond at night. At 11pm the divers found the mace which went missing from Nanuar Dighi puja site in Cumilla city," Parimal Das, inspector of Cumilla Detective Branch of Police, told UNB. In footage of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, Iqbal could be seen taking the Quran from a local mosque and entering a Durga Puja site. He is later seen walking away with a mace, taken from an idol of Lord Hanuman. Read: Iqbal, the prime suspect in Bangladesh communal violence, brought to Cumilla