Hefazat-i-Islam, the Muslim political organisation that carried out the protest, demanded the Bangladesh government to severe all diplomatic ties with France and shut down French embassy.
The ravaged city was home to a minority of Christians belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church, the Assyrian Church of the East, Syriac Orthodox Church, Chaldean Catholic and Syriac Catholic Church, and various Protestants.
Naveen was booked under sections 153A and 295A of the Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the Information Technology Act over his alleged derogatory comment regarding Prophet Mohammed on Facebook.