Punishment to baul attackers demanded
Speakers at a rally yesterday demanded the government's immediate and stern action against the fundamentalists who forcibly shaved off hair and moustaches of the 28 bauls (mystic singers) at Char Ramnagar village in Pangsha, Rajbari on April 5.
They said the culprits want to spread militancy, fundamentalism, and religious bigotry in the country in the name of Islam and called upon cross-section of people to resist the ill motive.
The rally was organised by different cultural organisations of Chittagong city on Shahid Minar premises.
Begum Mustari Safi, poets Abul Momen and Kamrul Hasan Badal, Dr AQM Sirajul Islam, Dr Chandan Das, Prof Hossain Kabir, and cultural activists Rashed Hasan, and Shima Dutta addressed the rally among others.
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