Amidst the recent agitation in bangladesh after a former member of the international Society for krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was charged with sedition, a mob yelling slogans vandalized three Hindu temples in Chattogram on Friday. The Shantaneshwari Matri temple, the neighboring Shoni temple, and the Shantaneshwari Kalibari temple were the targets of the attack, which happened at 2:30 pm on the port city's Harish Chandra Munsef Lane, according to news source BDNews24.com.
 
According to temple officials cited by the news portal, "a group of several hundred slogan-shouting people threw brickbats at the temples, damaging the Shoni temple and the gates of the other two temples."
 
Abdul Karim, the head of the Kotwali police station, acknowledged the assault and stated that the attackers tried to do damage to the temples.
 
However, following the altercation in which both sides threw brickbats at one another, police reported that the temples had very little damage.
 
A procession of hundreds of people arrived following the Juma prayers, according to Tapan Das, a permanent member of the Shantineshwari Main temple management committee, who spoke to bdnews24.com. They began yelling anti-ISKCON and anti-Hindu slurs.
 
"We didn't stop the assailants. We phoned the army when things got out of hand, and they came right away and helped bring things under control. Before midday, all of the temple gates were shut. He was further quoted by BDNews24.com as saying, "The miscreants came unprovoked and carried out the attack."
 
Former Bangladeshi ISKCON member and spiritual leader Chinmoy krishna Das was detained on monday in relation to a sedition charge and was not granted bail on Tuesday.
 
Members of the Hindu community protested it in Chattogram and the capital Dhaka, among other places in Bangladesh.
 
Das was among 19 persons charged with sedition at Chattogram's Kotwali police station on october 30 for allegedly insulting Bangladesh's national flag at a Hindu community protest in Chattogram's New Market neighborhood.
 
New delhi urged bangladesh to protect Hindus and other minorities after expressing alarm over the leader's detention and refusal of bail on Tuesday.
 
The two South Asian neighbors are embroiled in a diplomatic dispute as a result of the anti-Hindu actions that occurred this week.
 
India voiced severe worry on friday over the "surge" of extremist discourse and the rise in violence against Hindus and temple assaults, saying the interim administration in bangladesh must fulfill its duty to safeguard all minorities.
 
External Affairs minister S jaishankar said parliament that Dhaka is primarily responsible for safeguarding the lives and liberties of all residents, including minorities, and that india had taken serious notice of episodes of violence against minorities in Bangladesh.
 
Bangladesh, on the other hand, called on New delhi to guarantee the security of all of its diplomatic missions in india after expressing grave worry over the violent demonstration at the Deputy High Commission in kolkata on Friday.
 
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SIBY JEYYA

30/11/2024 11:33 AM