Dhaka, Mar 18: Destroying the ISKCON temples in Bangladesh has again has been surfaced again with several videos going viral on social media. This time the ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Dhaka was attacked by a large Muslim mob who also beat up Hindu devotees. At least 3 Hindu devotees were injured during this attack.
It is pertinent to mention that such brutal attack took place on the day of the Hindu festival of Holi and the Islamic festival of Shab-e-Barat. There were Hindu devotees who were injured while the extremists decreated the ISKCON temple.
The Hindu American Foundation, in a statement, said, “On March 17th at 8pm nearly 150 Muslim perpetrators, led by one Haji Shafiullah, attacked an ISKCON temple at 22 Lalmohon Saha Street of Wari Thana in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They vandalized the temple, murti, and looted money and other valuable things. At least 3 Hindu devotees were injured during this attack.
Responding to these reports HAF Director of Human Rights Deepali Kulkarni stated: “The week before Hindus all over the world are commemorating the 51st anniversary of those who were killed, displaced, and raped during the Bengali Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh, extremists remind us that the genocide has ramifications even today.”
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Notably, the attacks, as claimed by the locals, happened in front of the police who were not taking any action against such violence and crime. “The Hindu devotees informed the police but they are not taking any action,” said a Twitter accouunt named Voice Of Bangladeshi Hindus. The extremists attacked with raising slogans like “Nare Taqbir Allahu Akbar”.
ISKCON temples have been under attack for a long time. In October, 2021, a mob of radical Islamists had attacked the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple several parts of Bangladesh. This was triggered when a Muslim man had placed a Quran at the feet of a Sri Hanuman murti in a Durga Puja pandal. Hundreds of pandals, Hindu temples, homes, shops were vandalised or burnt, and Hindus were killed.
