, July 13 -- Responding on behalf of the religious affairs minister, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday asked the Ministry of Religious Affairs to conduct a mosque-wise investigation into alleged anomalies in the model mosque project.

"I would ask the Ministry of Religious Affairs today to carry out a mosque-wise investigation to determine how the construction cost of a mosque increased from Tk 13 crore to Tk 21 crore, what the total estimated cost of the mosques was and how many mosques were constructed," he told Parliament.

Salahuddin made the remarks while replying to a supplementary question from treasury bench member Zainul Abedin Farroque (Noakhali-2) on behalf Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain Kaikobad,...