Mob vandalises ISKCON temple in Bangladesh's Dhaka, several injured
Kolkata (West Bengal), March 18: A mob of 200 people allegedly vandalised the ISKCON Radhkanta temple in Dhaka in Bangladesh on Thursday, said media reports. The violent incident comes a few months after attacks on religious places in the country.
Meanwhile, the High Commission in Dhaka is in touch with the authorities there, said Indian government sources.
According to Bangladeshi police, the reason for the conflict is a long-running dispute over the land on which the ISKCON temple is built.
Following the incident, local authorities intervened and brought the situation under control. The injured have been taken to Dhaka Medical College for treatment. Both parties in the dispute have filed lawsuits and police are investigating them.
Condemning the incident, ISKCON Kolkata vice-president Radharamn Das said, "Last evening when devotees were preparing for Gaura Purnima celebration, a mob of 200 people entered the premises of Shri Radhakanta Temple in Dhaka and started vandalising it," and added that these attacks were of grave concern.
"Three of our devotees were injured. Fortunately, they called Police and were able to drive away miscreants from the temple premises," he added.
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Das, saying that the attack is a matter of grave concern, urged the Bangladesh government to take stringent action and provide security to Hindu minorities in the country.
This incident follows a series of attacks on minority religious sites in Bangladesh that occurred in October of last year.
On October 16, an ISKCON temple in Bangladesh's Noakhali city was vandalised, and a devotee was killed by a mob.
Earlier, communal tensions erupted in Bangladesh after claims of the Quran being desecrated at a puja pavilion in Cumilla on October 13, sparking unrest in numerous districts throughout the country.
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