Dhaka:
Three Hindu temples had been vandalised by a slogan-shouting mob on Friday in Bangladesh’s Chattogram which has witnessed protests and violence since a former ISKCON member was booked below sedition costs.
The assault happened round 2:30 pm within the port metropolis’s Harish Chandra Munsef Lane, the place the Shantaneshwari Matri Temple, the close by Shoni Temple, and the Shantaneshwari Kalibari Temple had been focused, information portal BDNews24.com reported.
“A gaggle of a number of hundred slogan-shouting folks threw brickbats on the temples, damaging the Shoni Temple and the gates of the opposite two temples,” the information portal quoted temple authorities as saying.
Kotwali Police Station chief Abdul Karim confirmed the assault, saying that assailants tried to break the temples.
Police, nevertheless, stated the injury to the temples was minimal after the confrontation between the 2 sides, with each teams throwing brickbats at one another, it added.
Tapan Das, a everlasting member of the Shantineshwari Main Temple administration committee, informed bdnews24.com: “A procession of a whole lot arrived after the Juma prayers. They began shouting anti-Hindu and anti-ISKCON slogans.” “We didn’t impede the attackers. When the state of affairs worsened, we referred to as the military, who arrived shortly and helped restore order. All the temple gates had been closed earlier than midday. The miscreants arrived unprovoked and carried out the assault,” BDNews24.com stated additional quoting him.
Spiritual chief Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former member of International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) of Bangladesh, was arrested in reference to a sedition case on Monday and denied bail on Tuesday.
It triggered protests by Hindu group members in varied areas in Bangladesh, together with within the capital Dhaka and Chattogram.
On October 30, a sedition case was filed towards 19 folks, together with Das, at Chattogram’s Kotwali Police Station, accusing them of disrespecting Bangladesh’s nationwide flag in Chattogram’s New Market space throughout a rally of the Hindu group.
On Tuesday, New Delhi expressed concern over the chief’s arrest and denial of bail, and requested Bangladesh to make sure the protection of Hindus and different minorities.
The week’s anti-Hindu incidents have led to a diplomatic row between the 2 South Asian neighbours.
India on Friday stated the interim authorities in Bangladesh should reside as much as its duty of defending all minorities because it expressed critical concern over the “surge” of extremist rhetoric and growing incidents of violence towards Hindus in addition to assaults on temples.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed Parliament that India has taken critical notice of incidents of violence towards minorities in Bangladesh and that it’s the main duty of Dhaka to guard the life and liberty of all of the residents, together with minorities.
On the opposite hand, Bangladesh on Friday expressed deep concern over the violent protest on the Deputy High Commission in Kolkata and urged New Delhi to make sure the protection of all its diplomatic missions in India.
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