Hundreds of supporters of a hardline Islamist group in Bangladesh attacked and vandalised 70 to 80 Hindu homes in the country’s northeastern Sylhet division after a social media post allegedly by a youth from the minority community, media reports said on Friday.

The attack on a Hindu village by several thousand followers of the Hefazat-e-Islam’s leader Mamunul Haque took place in Shalla upazila of Sunamganj district in Sylhet division on Wednesday, the Dhaka Tribune reported.

The Hindus fled from their homes, the report said, adding that the mob ransacked and looted many houses.