Dhaka, March 17 -- A mob identifying itself as members of "Towhidi Janata" has set fire to a shrine after vandalising it in Barguna's Amtali Upazila.

The attackers also destroyed food prepared for devotees who had gathered at the site.

The incident took place at the "Ismail Shah Baba" mazar, or shrine, on Amtali's Battola Road in the wee hours of Monday, according to Ariful Islam, chief of Amtali Police Station.

Locals said several hundred individuals, armed with sticks, had marched in a procession to the shrine in an apparent effort to prevent a religious gathering.

As they reached the site, more people from surrounding villages joined them, escalating the violence.

Barguna Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shafiul Alam visited the shrin...