Kalai (Joypurhat) Correspondent:

After Jumma prayers, the Towhidi Janata formed a human chain and protested against the ambush attack on Md. Selim Reza, the Khatib of Ahle Hadith Central Jame Mosque in Kalai Upazila Sadar and Assistant Professor of Arabic at Hatiyar Kamil Madrasa.

At this time, under the leadership of Mahfuzul Haque Joni Talukder, a donor member of the Mosque Market, and Golam Mostafa, the Khatib of Kalai Upazila Health Complex Mosque, Kalai Upazila Jamaat Naib-e-Ameer Principal Taiful Islam Fita, Principal of Shirtry College Shajahan Ali, Kalai Municipality BNP Joint Convener Abdul Alim Sarkar, Ahmedabad UP BNP Convener Taj Uddin, Kalai Press Club Secretary Adv. Nafiutzjaman Talukder Dollar, Jamaat leader Muzaffar Hossain, Chandair Madrasa Super Maulana Md. Hafizur Rahman, Islami Chhatra Samaj central leader Md. Shamim, and imams of various mosques and political leaders.

The speakers said that if anyone tries to raise their hands against the scholars and ulama, we Muslims will resist it. Those who show such audacity in Kalai in the future will be severely suppressed. Imams, teachers, Muslims and people from various professions of various mosques of the upazila were present at the time.

It is worth mentioning that yesterday evening, Abdullah Al Mahmud and Nur Nabi, two brothers from Thupasara village of Kalai Sadar, attacked Maulana Selim Reza unexpectedly, causing tension between the shop owners of the market, the Muslims of the mosque and the locals. Kalai Upazila Executive Officer Shamima Akhter Jahan and Kalai Police Station Officer-in-Charge Zahid Hossain came and brought the situation under control. The Kalai Upazila Executive Officer sentenced both of them to 15 days in prison for the ambush on the Imam and sent them to jail.