Calling Bangladesh a non-communal country, Religious Affairs Minister Md Faridul Haque Khan on Saturday warned that exemplary punishments will be taken against those who were involved with the deaths of two construction workers in a mob beating following a fire in a temple in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur on Thursday night.

The minister said that people need to see that no one is spared after committing such crimes, so that no one can gather the courage to commit the same crime at another place.

Bangladesh was founded with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s non-communal ideals and no one will be to get away with attempts to disturb religious harmony, said Faridul Haque.

Md Faridul Haque The image shows Religious Affairs Minister Md Faridul Haque Khan visiting the house of victim of mob beating in Faridpur, on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Photo: UNBnnaddressing a meeting at the conference room of the deputy commissioner`s office in Faridpur on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Photo: Dhaka Tribune He said this while talking to the family members of the victims, also two brothers, during a visit to their house in Ghoperghat village under the Nawarpara union of the upazila.

The minister condoled the victims’ parents and assured them of taking exemplary punishment against the accused involved with the mob beating, bringing them under trial.

Faridul said: “I just want to tell you one thing, prime minister has instructed me, I also want to tell the administration quoting the prime minister that you (administration) will do whatever is necessary for the sake of justice at the earliest and let it be justice.”