ISKCON temple vandalised, 1 killed in sparkling violence in Bangladesh’s Noakhali

A mob allegedly attacked an ISKCON temple in Bangladesh’s Noakhali district on Friday and consistent with the network, certainly considered one among its contributors turned into killed.

“It is with excellent grief that we percentage the information of an ISKCON member, Partha Das, who turned into brutally killed the day gone by via way of means of a mob of over 2 hundred people. His frame turned into determined in a pond subsequent to the temple. We name at the Govt of Bangladesh for instant movement on this regard,” the legit Twitter manage of the ISKCON network said.

ISKCON in a similarly tweet said, “ISKCON temple & devotees had been violently attacked these days via way of means of a mob in Noakhali, Bangladesh. Temple suffered substantial damage & the circumstance of a devotee stays critical. We name at the Govt of Bangladesh to make certain the protection of all Hindus & deliver the perpetrators to justice.”

The ISKCON government entreated the Bangladesh authorities to right now take movement, make certain the protection of all of the Hindus and convey the perpetrators to justice.

The alleged assault at the temple befell in spite of assurances via way of means of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of strict movement after incidents of communal violence that people who attacked Hindu temples might be hunted down and punished.

On Thursday, Sheikh Hasina confident of strict movement after Wednesday’s incidents of communal violence in Cumilla.

“The incidents in Cumilla are being very well investigated. Nobody might be spared. It would not depend which faith they belong to. They might be hunted down and punished,” Hasina said, said Dhaka Tribune.

On Friday, one guy named Jatan Kumar Saha turned into killed and 17 others had been injured in an assault in Begumganj Upazila of Bangladesh’s Noakhali district at some point of Durga puja celebrations on Vijaya Dashami, Dhaka Tribune said.

The mob attacked, vandalized, and looted Hindu households, businesses, and numerous temples in Chaumuhani at some point of their march, police said.

On Wednesday, communal violence broke out in numerous locations in Bangladesh after information broke on social media approximately the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran at a Durga Puja venue at the financial institution of Nanuar Dighi.

Several puja venues had been vandalized withinside the region of Chandpur, Chittagong, Gazipur, Bandarban, Chapainawabganj, and Moulvibazar. The clashes ..