Idols of Goddess Durga and other Hindu deities were vandalised at the Rishipara Barwari Puja Mandap and the Manikadi Palpara Barwari Pujamandap on 28th September and 1st October respectively. The attacks were carried out in Sujanagar upazila in Pabna district in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. A total of 4 idols were defaced at the Rishipara Barwari Puja Mandap, another 5 Hindu idols were destroyed at the Manikadi Palpara Barwari Pujamandap.
The attacks have raised concerns among the local Hindus. A team of police, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and army officials visited the Hindu temples, which came under the attack. Durga Puja is set to commence on 9th October, 2024 and will be conducted in 51 temples in Sujanagar upazila.
The President of the Manikadi Palpara Barwari Pujamandap, Bijan Pal, informed that he saw the idols intact when he left the temple on the night of 1st October. He found that the idols were beheaded when he came to the temple the following day. He pointed out that efforts were underway to repair the damaged, under-construction idols.
He claimed, ‘This is an isolated incident and we are trying to find the culprits to take legal action. At the same time, to ensure the safety of each temple, a committee consisting of local people has already been formed’. On Thursday, 7 idols of Hindu deities were destroyed at the Gopinath Jiur Akhara Durga Puja mandap. The incident occurred in Kishoreganj in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Earlier, a radical Muslim man vandalised the idols of Goddess Durga and other Hindu deities in Gouripur town in the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. The accused was identified as 22-year-old Yasin Mia, according to the media reports. Notably, the police arrested him on Thursday morning for the vandalising the idols of Hindu dieties.
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