Dhaka, April 20 -- Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Bangladesh has expressed its "grave concern" regarding a recent incident where about 60 members of the group were allegedly forced to leave their faith under pressure created by a group of anti-Ahmadiyya Maulvis under the banner of "Khatm-e-Nabuwat Markaz".

The incident occurred at Rupsha in Khulna on Apr 16, the group said. A post under the banner of "Khatm-e-Nabuwat Markaz" claimed that about 185 "Qadiani" (Ahmadi) of 56 families have left their faith and became "Muslims."

A video received by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at showed that Mufti Shuaib Ibrahim, the leader of "Khatm-e-Nabuwat Markaz", was speaking at a gathering and spreading false allegations against the Ahmadiyya group, it said in a p...