A group of miscreants set fire to a number of houses of the Hindus at a remote village of Pirganj upazila in Rangpur district on Sunday night following a Facebook post allegedly by a Hindu youth defaming Kaaba.
Officials said that police members were deployed at the Majhipara’s Jelepolli, a neighbourhood of fishermen, in the evening as the Facebook post went viral.
At least 20 homes were completely burnt in village at Ramnathpur Union in the attack, sources said.