A case was lodged on Tuesday night over an attack on an imam of Ahmadiyya Muslim community inside a mosque at Ishwarganj upazila in Mymensingh.
Plaintiff Hazari Al Munir, also a representative of local Ahmadiyya Muslim community, recorded the attempt to murder case with Ishwarganj police station accusing three people around 11:00pm.
Among the accused, two were unidentified miscreants and another was Abdul Ahad Mohammadullah of village Chariya in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona, officer-in-charge of the police station Badrul Alam Khan said on Wednesday morning.
Ahad was detained at the spot during the incident.
The detainee will be quoted after getting release from Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital as he is now undergoing treatment there, he added.
Police also held Ahad’s wife Josnara Begum and his two siblings — Ainuddin and Mainuddin — for interrogation, the police official added.
A group of miscreants numbering three to four stormed into the mosque at village Khanpur around 8:30pm on Monday night and chopped imam Mostafizur Rahman, 35, indiscriminately with sharp weapons, leaving him injured.
Hearing victim’s scream, locals rushed in, caught one of the attackers, Abdul Ahad, and gave him a good beating before handing him over to police.
Later, he was admitted to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital.
Critically injured Mostafizur was first taken to Ishwarganj Upazila Health Complex and then transferred to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital as his condition deteriorated.
He was transferred to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition early Tuesday.