“Acid Violence on defense forces”
On 06 November 2024, over a Facebook post of Osman Ali, a huge crowd gathered at Teribajar Hajari Len of Chattrogram, including; follower of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) and other radical Hindus. They intended to kill Osman along with his brother and set their shop on fire. When the joint defense was informed- six units of patrolling team of BGB and Armed forces arrived in order to prevent mob justice and rescue Osman with his brother. The crowd was promised that fair justice would be served, yet the crowd got aggressive and tried to snatch the rescued. They attacked the officers, broke down their vehicles and threw jewelry testing acid upon the officers. Approximately nine police officers and five army officers were injured due to the attack. One of the army officers, and few other police officers suffered minor burns. The five army officers took medication from Chittagong Combined Military Hospital, the police officials got their treatment from Chittagong Medical College and Hospital. A police case is filed (case number-9/11/24).
