‘ UN mute to the cries of Hindus’ : Iskcon kolkata slams attack on temple in Dhaka on Holi
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/mob-vandalises-isckon-temple-in-dhaka-1926738-2022-03-18
Iskcon temple attacked: According to reports, many people were injured when a mob vandalised and looted an Iskcon temple in Bangladesh’s Dhaka. Iskon India has condemned the attack that took place on Dol Yatra and Holi.
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New Delhi, March 18, 2022
The incident that took place at Iskcon Radhakanta temple in Wari , Dhaka on Thursday . (Photo: Facebook )
A 200-strong mob on Thursday allegedly vandalised and looted an Dhaka, Bangladesh. According to reports, at least three members of the temple at 222, Lal Mohan Saha Street, in Wari, Dhaka were injured in the attack.
The mob was reportedly led by Haji Shafiullah. Slamming the attack, vice-president of Iskcon Kolkata Radharaman Das said: “Hindus have to STOP looking towards namesake institutions like UN which is mute to the cries of Hindus”
Das took to Twitter to condemn the incident. “It’s a very unfortunate incident that took place on the eve of Dol Yatra & Holi celebrations. Just a few days ago, the United Nations had passed a resolution declaring March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.”
He added, “We are surprised that the same United Nations is mute on the suffering of thousands of helpless Bangladeshi & Pakistani minorities. So many of the Hindu minorities have lost their lives, properties, have been raped, but alas, all the United Nations can do is to ponder upon Islamophobia.” Radharaman Das said that at least three devotees were injured in the attack on the temple. They are recovering and their condition is not serious. He added that the administration in Bangladesh acted swiftly this time in dispersing the mob, unlike the incident in Noakhali last year.
“Unlike October November, when attack happened in Noakhali where one Iskcon priest was killed and police did not come, massive deployment of Bangladesh police was rushed to the spot, who drove the mob away,” Das told India Today.
Indian High Commission in touch with authorities
Meanwhile, the High Commission of India has said that it remains in touch with the minority groups, law enforcement, and senior leaders in Bangladesh. The high commission said that the cause of the dispute, according to the Bangladeshi authorities, was a longstanding dispute over the land on which the Iskcon temple exists.
“Reportedly, a recent judgment in the dispute went in favor of one litigant, who then tried to unilaterally enforce his title by force,” the high commission said, according to sources.
“Local authorities intervened thereafter and brought A mob of 200 people allegedly vandalised the the situation under control. The injured have been ISKCON Radhkanta temple in Bangladesh’s Dhaka admitted in Dhaka Medical College. Cases have been on Thursday, news agency ANI reported. This comes filed by both parties in the matter, and police are a few months after attacks on religious places in the examining the same,” it added.
VIOLENCE DURING DURGA PUJA 2021
Last year, at least three people were killed after violence erupted after news spread on social media that the Quran was allegedly desecrated at a Durga Puja pandal near Nanuar Dighi lake in Comilla town, Bangladesh.
Previously, similar incidents were also reported from Tipu Sultan Road in Dhaka and Kotwali in Chittagong .