Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- A Dhaka court ordered North South University (NSU) student Apurba Pal to jail on Sunday, October 5, in a case filed under Section 295A of the Penal Code for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by desecrating the Quran. The decision came hours after he was attacked by a mob outside his residence in Dhaka's Bashundhara area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman issued the order after police produced Apurba and requested remand. The investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Md Chand Ali, told the court that both evidence and witness statements indicate Apurba "threw a copy of the Quran to the floor and trampled it." He added that Apurba reportedly admitted the act during preliminary questioning.

Police argued that relea...