Once again, the case of an attack on a Hindu temple has come to the fore in Bangladesh. The ISKCON Radhakanta temple located in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was attacked by a mob on Thursday evening. The attack was ransacked, and the mob also looted the valuables kept here. There are also reports of several people getting injured in the attack.
Attack On ISKCON Temple In Dhaka
It is being told that this attack took place at 7 pm at the ISKCON Radhakanta temple located at 222 Lal Mohan Saha Street in Wari, Dhaka. This attack was carried out by a mob of more than 200 people led by Haji Saifullah. The temple was ransacked and looted. Sumantra Chandra Shravan, Nihar Haldar, Rajiv Bhadra and many others were also injured in the attack.
This is not the first time a Hindu temple has been attacked in Bangladesh. Durga Puja pandals were attacked earlier last year by spreading rumours against Hindus on Navratri. Not only this, the houses of Hindus were attacked. At the same time, the ISKCON temple located in Dhaka was also attacked.
More than 3600 attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh in 9 years
According to AKS, an organization working on minority rights in Bangladesh, minorities in Bangladesh faced 3,679 attacks in the last nine years. During this, 1678 cases of sabotage and armed attacks in religious places came to the fore. There were frequent attacks targeting the Hindu community, including vandalism and arson in houses.
