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The doctor was also thrown out of his position following major agitation against him by the extremists.

The controversy stemmed from a video interview of Nazia, wherein she objected to the use of 'Hindu sounding names' for shops and eateries run by Muslim business owners.

The blasphemy protesters gathered outside the Kharotabad Police Station in Pakistan and raised slogans against the arrested accused.

Students of Jessore University of Science and Technology in Bangladesh held a protest march against a Hindu student named Kankan Biswas, demanding his trial for allegedly insulting Islam.

Utsab Mandal, who was brutally assaulted by a mob inside a police station in Khulna, Bangladesh, has been booked under the contentious Cyber Security Act on the allegations of hurting religious sentiments

Hindu youth Utsab Mandal, who was beaten by a mob over blasphemy allegations in Khulna in Bangladesh, is alive, said the Directorate of Inter Services Public Relations of the country.

Reports say that to avert any unexpected incidents, an Army and Navy team arrived at the scene and took control of the situation. However, the boy was still beaten to death by the mob.

Saad had posted a photo of Ramgiri Maharaj saying, "Cow urine drinkers and cow dung eaters do not deserve to talk about our God. Whoever does so shall be issued Sar Tan Se Juda punishment."

The FIR copy filed in the case mentioned that the accused had hurt the religious sentiments of the Muslim community. Imran, in the video, indicated that Islam was never a peaceful religion and that the people following it are committing a mistake.

Videos of angry Islamist crowds chanting Sar Tan Se Juda, reportedly from Karnataka's Bagalkote, have gone viral on the internet.