Cox's Bazar, Oct 25 The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday recovered a Buddha idol which went missing along with many other things during the communal violence, loot and arson at Cox's Bazar's Ramu upazila on the night of Sept 29.
A RAB-7 team found the statue dumped in Kacchappia union's Jarultola bridge area in the upazila around 12pm on Thursday.
RAB-7 Cox's Bazar camp official Major Sarwar Ul Alam confirmed bdnews24.com about recovery of the 12-cm tall and 565 grams weighing Buddha idol.
Religious zealots, allegedly enraged by a Facebook post deriding the Quran, swooped down on Buddhist settlements in Ramu upazila on Sept 29. In the overnight mayhem, nearly seven Buddhist temples, 30 residences and shops were set ablaze while another hundred such establishments were vandalised and looted.
The hate attacks also spread to Ukhia, Teknaf and Patia of Chittagong the next day.
Major Alam on Thursday said the idol was looted during that attack.
He, however, could not confirm from which Buddhist Vihara it was taken.
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