2012 Hathazari violence

[citation needed] Advocate Rana Dasgupta, the general secretary of the central committee of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad visited the affected areas of Hathazari.

[5] On 16 February 2012, police arrested 10 people on charges of vandalising Hindu temples and attacking and injuring the law enforcers.

One of the detainees, construction worker Mohammad Jashim, 30, gave a confessional statement at Chittagong's Judicial Magistrates' Court.

[6] On 1 March 2012 the High Court ordered the government to restore the damaged temples, houses and shops in Hathazari to their previous state.

[7] The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Md Jahangir Hossain issued the orders and also summoned Hathazari Police Station officer-in-charge Samiul Islam and district superintendent ZA Morshed.

He has been also ordered to investigate whether the Chittagong range deputy inspector general and assistant SP neglected their duty during the incident.

[citation needed] Advocate Abdul Matin Khosru argued for the ASP and OC while deputy attorney general A B M Altaf Hossain defended the government.