Hundreds gather to protest against religious violence in Dhaka

Protesters gathered near the Dhaka University in the capital city on Monday (October 18) held up banners that demanded the police identify the attackers and bring them to justice.

Dhaka: Hundreds of people protested in Bangladesh`s capital Dhaka on Monday calling for an end to religious violence that has gripped the country for four days, leading to at least two deaths and several injured.

The violence began on Oct. 15, when hundreds of Muslims protested in the southeastern Noakhali district over an allegedly blasphemous incident. Two Hindu men died following that protest, Mohammed Shahidul Islam, the police chief in Noakhali, told Reuters by phone.

"There is some confusion about whether they died due to the unlawful assembly, or otherwise," Islam said, adding that police are investigating the deaths. "They (the protestors) were miscreants, actually, that is all we can say." Islam declined to share further details.