ISKCON temple in Bangladesh’s Dhaka vandalised: Report
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An ISKCON temple was vandalized in Noakhali city in Bangladesh on October 16, 2021, where one devotee was killed.
ISKCON Temple (Representational image) (HT Photo),
Updated on Mar 18, 2022
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Manjiri Sachin Chitre | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
A mob of 200 people allegedly vandalised the ISKCON Radhkanta temple in Bangladesh’s Dhaka
on Thursday, news agency ANI reported. This comes a few months after attacks on religious places in the country. Indian government sources told ANI the High Commission in Dhaka is in touch with the authorities there.
Condemning the incident, ISKCON Kolkata vicepresident Radharamn Das said these attacks were of grave concern.
“Last evening, when devotees were preparing for Gaura Purnima celebration, a mob of 200 people
entered the premises of Shri Radhakanta Temple, Dhaka, and attacked them… three of them were
injured in scuffle. Fortunately, they called the police and were able to drive away miscreants,” he was quoted by ANI.
He requested the Bangladesh government to take action against those involved. “We request the
Bangladesh government to provide security to Hindu minorities (there),” he added.
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Tension gripped Bangladesh last year after incidents of vandalism and attacks on temples.
In October, an ISKCON temple in Noakhali was vandalised and one person died. Three more were
killed over allegations of a Quran desecrated at a
Durga Puja pavilion in Bangladesh.
As more reports of such vandalism and attacks came in, India had said it was ‘in very close contact with the authorities in Dhaka and at local levels’ and that Bangladesh had ‘reacted promptly to ensure control… including the deployment of the law enforcement machinery’.
Days later news agency PTI reported police in Bangladesh as saying they had arrested a man in his
30s whom they said was a key suspect in some of the temple attacks. The government had promised swift action against those targeting Hindus and other
religious minorities.
In the days that followed the attacks, thousands of Bangladeshis protested in support of the Hindu
community in the country, as well as other minorities targeted by the vandals.
(A special bulletin on Wari, Dhaka temple attack)
মামলার নথিপত্র
From Dhaka : ওয়ারী থানা মামলা নিতে গড়িমসি করায় শেষ পর্যন্ত স্বরাষ্ট্র দপ্তরের ফোনের পর, মামলা নিতে বাধ্য হয় ঢাকা মেট্রোপুলিশের ওয়ারী থানার অফিসার ইনচার্জ মােঃ কবির হােসেন হাওলাদার।
দেখা যাচ্ছে, মামলাটি করেছেন শ্রী সুমন্ত্র চন্দ্র। ধন্যবাদ সুমন্ত্রকে।