RAB has detained Rajshahi’s Katakhali municipality mayor Abbas Ali allegedly for making derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu and announcing to stop the construction of a mural of Father of the Nation.
The elite force detained him from Hotel Razmoni Isha Kha in the capital’s Kakrail early Wednesday. Earlier, three cases have been filed against Katakhali municipality Mayor Abbas Ali, also convener of the municipality unit of the Awami League, allegedly for making derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu and announcing to stop the construction of a mural of Father of the Nation. He is allegedly heard to be saying that erecting a mural of Bangabandhu is a cardinal sin according to Islamic law, before issuing directives to stop its construction.