Dhaka: Police register complaint for allegedly desecrating three temples Bangladesh A media report on Sunday said members of the minority Hindu community held a protest in Lalmonirhat district bordering India, demanding the arrest of the culprits behind the incident.
The protest began after the meat of raw animals packed in polythene bags was hung at the doors of three Hindu temples and a house in a village in Lalmonirhat district in the early hours of Friday. daily star Newspaper reported.
The newspaper said that four complaints were lodged with a local police station on Friday night regarding the matter. A local journalist said that Muslim residents of the area condemned the incident and blamed it on elements who wanted to disrupt inter-religious harmony. On Saturday, members of the local Hindu community staged a protest at a temple demanding the arrest of the culprits.
“The police have assured us that the culprits will be arrested,” said Dilip Kumar Singh, President of Hatibandh Upazila Pooja Udayapan Parishad, adding that the incident could be linked to the local union council elections held on December 26.
Police officer Irshadul Alamsaid They were investigating the incident. Additional police force has been deployed in the area and a search operation has been launched to nab the “misleaders”, he said. “A case will be registered against all those involved,” he said.
Leader of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council Kajal Debnathi He said such incidents had been previously reported from elsewhere in the country and the perpetrators of such acts were led to hurt “our faith and spirit”. In October, Hindu temples in Bangladesh were attacked after an alleged blasphemy post surfaced on social media during Durga Puja.
The protest began after the meat of raw animals packed in polythene bags was hung at the doors of three Hindu temples and a house in a village in Lalmonirhat district in the early hours of Friday. daily star Newspaper reported.
The newspaper said that four complaints were lodged with a local police station on Friday night regarding the matter. A local journalist said that Muslim residents of the area condemned the incident and blamed it on elements who wanted to disrupt inter-religious harmony. On Saturday, members of the local Hindu community staged a protest at a temple demanding the arrest of the culprits.
“The police have assured us that the culprits will be arrested,” said Dilip Kumar Singh, President of Hatibandh Upazila Pooja Udayapan Parishad, adding that the incident could be linked to the local union council elections held on December 26.
Police officer Irshadul Alamsaid They were investigating the incident. Additional police force has been deployed in the area and a search operation has been launched to nab the “misleaders”, he said. “A case will be registered against all those involved,” he said.
Leader of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council Kajal Debnathi He said such incidents had been previously reported from elsewhere in the country and the perpetrators of such acts were led to hurt “our faith and spirit”. In October, Hindu temples in Bangladesh were attacked after an alleged blasphemy post surfaced on social media during Durga Puja.
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