Dhaka: Police have alerted the country’s all the airports and land ports so that those involved in attacks on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar, Brahmanbaria cannot leave Bangladesh.

“Letters have been sent to different ports asking them to remain alert so that the culprits can’t flee the country,” Assistant Inspector General (Confidential) of the Police Headquarters Moniruzzaman told UNB on Wednesday.

The alert was issued following a request of Brahmanbaria district police.

Meanwhile, police super of Brahmanbaria M Mizanur Rahman also wrote to the commanding officer of Border Guard Bangladesh battalion-12 stationed in the district requesting him to take steps so that those involved in the attacks could not cross the border, said additional police super Iqbal Hossain.

On October 30, a group of religious zealots carried out a synchronised attack on Hindu people, vandalising around 100 homes and temples and looting their valuables, including cash, gold ornaments and idols, television and mobile phones. The two-hour mayhem reportedly followed a Facebook post from the account of a local fisherman, ‘hurting the religious sentiment’ of Muslims.

Unidentified miscreants set fire to at least six houses of Hindus at different villages in Nasirnagar upazila on November 5 and torched another Hindu house at Changapur village in the same upazila on November 13 amid huge outcry following the previous attack on the Hindu community.