WEB DESK
A group of miscreants attacked the ISKCON affiliated Radhakanta Jeev temple at Lal Mohan Saha Street in Wari area of Dhaka in the evening of Thursday. Confirming the incident, General Secretary, ISKCON, Bangladesh Charuchandra Das Brahmachari told Prasar Bharti Correspondent that close to 100-150 people gathered near the temple and attacked its property and vandalised it. They raised inflammatory slogans when people inside the temple were praying.
He said that they damaged the outer wall and some other property of the temple complex. ISKCON General Secretary said that the mob intended to capture land and property belonging to the religious trust of the temple.
Police came to the spot and defused the crowd. No further incident has been reported since then, said Charuchandra Das Brahmachari.
A procession was brought out by some Hindu organizations in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka around noon time on Friday to protest against the event.
“We call on the Govt of Bangladesh to ensure the safety of all Hindus & bring the perpetrators to justice,” ISKCON said.
Bangladesh authorities have imposed a nationwide security vigil while officials said that initial investigations have thrown up crucial evidence against the perpetrators of violence against the Durga Puja celebrations of the minority Hindu community.
The paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has expanded its vigil to 34 out of 64 administrative districts in the country.
The elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said it expects to arrest some of the key perpetrators of the violence which took place in the last three days.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told reporters: “We expect developments of the investigations in the next one or two days.”