Rapid Action Battalion has detained two more suspects for carrying out arson attacks on Hindu homes in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur.
The battalion apprehended Saikat Mandal, one of the prime suspects in the incident, and his assistant Robiul Islam at Tongi in Gazipur, RAB said in a notification on Saturday.
On the night of October 17, hundreds of miscreants attacked, vandalised and set fire to the houses of the Hindu community at Majhipara village in Pirganj following the provocative post on Facebook, reports BSS.
At least 68 houses in the village were attacked, burnt, vandalised and looted.
More than 50 people have been arrested in three cases filed by the police.
