Quran desecration: Court sends Apurba to jail, NSU expels him permanently

A Dhaka court on Sunday, October 5, sent North South University (NSU) student Apurba Pal to jail in a case filed under Section 295A of the Penal Code for allegedly “hurting religious sentiments” by desecrating the Quran, hours after he was beaten by a mob outside his residence in the capital’s Bashundhara area. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman issued the order in the afternoon after police produced Apurba before the court and sought his detention. Sub-Inspector Md Chand Ali, the investigating officer, stated in his petition that both evidence and witness statements confirmed the student’s involvement in “throwing a copy of the Quran to the floor and trampling it.” He added that the accused had admitted to the act during preliminary...