A mob of over 200 Islamist extremists reportedly attacked devotees and vandalized the ISKCON Radhakanta Temple in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Thursday. “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 vandalizing it,” Radharamn Das, Vice-President ISKCON Kolkata told ANI.
Das said that devotees were able to chase away the mob. He stated, “Three of our devotees were injured in the scuffle. Fortunately, they called Police and were able to drive away miscreants from the temple premises.” Das expressed concern over the attack and urged the Bangladesh government to take stringent actions against the culprits and take measures to provide security to the Hindu minorities in the country.
This incident comes after a series of attacks on minority religious places in Bangladesh that took place last October during Durga Puja festivities in the country. An ISKCON temple in Noakhali city in Bangladesh was vandalized and a devotee was killed by a mob on October 16 last year.
Earlier, communal disharmony soared in Bangladesh following allegations of blasphemy at a Durga Puja pavilion in Cumilla on October 13 last year, triggering violence against the Hindu community in several districts across the country.
