14 Hindu temples vandalised in Bangladesh !

The intention underlying the display of this image is not to hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus, but to make them comprehend the denigration –  Editor, Dainik Sanatan Prabhat

Dhaka (Bangladesh) – Unidentified miscreants vandalised 14 Hindu temples in northwestern Bangladesh in a series of orchestrated attacks overnight.

The intention underlying the display of this image is not to hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus, but to make them comprehend the denigration –  Editor, Dainik Sanatan Prabhat

1. people carried out the attacks under the cover of darkness, vandalising Idols in 14 temples in three unions (lowest local government tier),” said Bidyanath Barman, a Hindu community leader at Baliadangi “upazila” or “sub-district” in Thakurgaon. “We are in the dark about their (culprits) identity but we want to bring them to justice after investigations,” Barman added.

2. The Hindu community leader and union parishad chairman Samar Chattarjee said the region was always known to be an area of excellent interfaith harmony as “no such heinous incident took place here in the past”. The (majority) Muslim community does not have any dispute with us (Hindus), we just cannot understand who could be these culprits,” he said.

3. “It clearly appears to be a case of an orchestrated attack to disrupt the peaceful situation of the country,” Thakurgaon’s Police chief Jahangir Hossain told reporters at one of the temple sites. He added that a Police investigation was launched immediately to track down the miscreants. “I assure you they will have to face stern legal actions,” he said.

4. “This (attack) is the manifestation of a conspiracy against peace and communal harmony…this is a serious crime and the perpetrators will face the music,” Thakurgaon’s deputy commissioner or administrative chief Mahbubur Rahman said.

Editorial viewpoint

Realise that no organisation in the world has protested against these incidents ! If such incident would have taken place about a mosque or a church, it would have become an international news and the Muslims and Christians would have taken to streets !