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gave a confessional statement to the Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court, said Inspector Rasidul Islam of Goalanda Ghat Police Station.

The families of two other arrestees claimed they were minors. The mother of one of them said he was born in 2010 and is a student of class 10.

“When the incident took place, my son had only gone there for 10 minutes out of curiosity. Now, if he misses his exams, his future will be ruined,” she said.

The aunt of another arrestee said he is a 12th grader at a college in Faridpur. “He went out to offer prayers. When his father heard of the unrest, he brought the boy back home. But police arrested him when he was roaming near the Goalanda College area.”

Police made the arrests in connection with the attack on law enforcers and vandalism of vehicles at the darbar sharif. Police filed the case accusing 3,000 to 3,500 unidentified people of obstructing police duty, attacking law enforcers, and vandalising vehicles.

Although a person was killed in the attack, his family was yet to file a case.