On 26 March 2012, on the occasion of the Independence Day the students of Fatehpur High School staged a play adapted from the short story 'Huzur Kebla' by eminent Bangladeshi politician and litterateur Abul Mansur Ahmed.
[3] A group of Muslims and mullahs held noisy demonstrations after Jumma prayers on Friday, blocking roads for hours.
[4] On Saturday, people from neighbouring areas began to gather in Fatehpur village under the banner of Touhidi Janata.
In the Banshtala market, they set fire to the shop of Abdul Hakim Sardar, a member of the administrative committee of Fatehpur High School.
On Sunday afternoon, rumour spread that Lalita Sardar, a Hindu housewife from Chakdaha village had made another blasphemous remark about Muhammad.
In the evening, Firoz Kabir Kajal, the president of Nazimganj Bazar Committee arrived at their house along local Union Parishad members.
During this meeting about two hundred youths from nearby villages gathered near their house and threatened to kick the family and send them to India.
Students of Dhaka University Jagannath Hall staged demonstrations putting up barricades on Shahbag-Matsya Bhaban road on Thursday, 5 April 2012 morning.