Iqbal Hossain was trying to provide a pretext for jihad violence against Hindus, and he succeeded.

“Police: Man who placed the Quran on a Puja idol identified,” by Masud Alam, Dhaka Tribune, October 20, 2021:

Police have identified the man behind the Comilla incident that sparked nationwide communal violence for the past week.

A man named Iqbal Hossain, 35, son of Nur Ahmed Alam from Sujanagar area of the city, had kept the Holy Quran at Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Comilla on October 13.

Police identified Iqbal’s involvement after analysing the video footage of surveillance cameras at the puja venue, Comilla Superintendent of Police (SP) Farooq Ahmed confirmed on Wednesday. But he could not be arrested as of Wednesday.

Police say Iqbal Hossain is a drifter. It is still unknown whether he has any involvement with any political parties….

Based on allegations of defamation of the Holy Quran at a puja mandap, violence broke out at several districts in Bangladesh during the Durga Puja celebrations last week.

At least seven people were killed over the incident in different parts of the country. Police arrested over 450 people and filed 72 cases till now over the communal violence.

Hundreds of Hindus lost their homes, businesses while many temples and puja venues were vandalized following the Comilla incident.