Leaders of a minority Muslim sect in Bangladesh on Saturday accused "fanatics" of digging up the body of a baby girl from a cemetery grave just hours after being buried and dumping it by a roadside.

The incident, which has sparked outrage on social media, is the latest targeting Ahmadi Muslims who many mainstream Muslims consider "infidels."

The three-day-old girl was buried in a cemetery in Ghatura in Brahmanbaria on Thursday, local Ahmadi leader, S.M. Selim said.

AFP