Hundreds of Bangladeshis who gathered at Serangoon mosque for youth leader's funeral prayers turned away
Hundreds of Bangladeshis in Singapore gathered near Robert Lane in Serangoon on Friday (Dec 19) were dispersed by police with no injures or law and order issues reported, said the police.They were said to have made their way there for 'prayers' for wounded youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi who died in Singapore on Thursday (Dec 18).[[nid:726965]]In several videos posted to social media by Bangladeshis working in Singapore, a large crowd of at least a hundred people are seen gathering around Robert Lane, in vicinity of Angullia Mosque.At least two police cars are seen along the road. Nearby, uniformed and plain clothes police officers wearing their police lanyards are seen observing the situation, while a man in white is seen explaining to those gathered that there would be not be a funeral prayer held at the mosque. He requested for them to disperse and leave the area.Checks online by AsiaOne show at least three Bangladeshi news sites claiming that funeral prayers will be held at the mosque, citing a post on Inqilab Moncho's - a socio-cultural platform - account.Inqilab Moncho was founded by the late youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi.