Through the Facebook post, Mahfuz called on citizens to support the arrest and prosecution of criminals, but warned against turning entire neighbourhoods into ghettos in the name of security.

This brings the total number of cases filed over the violence to four, with earlier cases naming around 2,500 people ...

The Gopalganj administration has extended the curfew till 6am on Sunday to maintain law and order in the district following Wednesday's violence that left five dead.