Dhaka/IBNS, May 21 -- Bangladesh Police arrested a 23-year-old Hindu youth in connection with an alleged incident involving desecration of the Holy Quran in Bangladesh's Mymensingh district, officials said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Shawan Chandra Das, is the son of Sadhan Chandra Das from the Majipara area of Gauripur in Mymensingh. According to police officials, the controversy began after an allegedly objectionable image connected to the Holy Quran was reportedly shared through the accused's IMO account, an international messaging and video-calling platform.

He stated that the accused had gone into hiding after the incident on Tuesday before being arrested by officers from Tejgaon Police Station in Dhaka on Wednesday. T...