Idols in 12 Hindu Temples Defaced in Bangladesh

Idols in around a dozen Hindu temples were vandalized by unidentified miscreants in Bangladesh on Sunday. According to a report in India Today, unidentified miscreants vandalized 14 idols at 12 Hindu temples under Baliadangi upazila in Bangladesh’s northern Thakurgaon district in the early hours of Sunday.

The temples are located at Dhantala, Paria, and Charul unions in the upazila. These temples were located on the roadside.

Local Hindus said they were offering Puja in these temples for about fifty years. No untoward incidents took place during the past five decades.

The minority Hindu community in Bangladesh has demanded immediate arrest of those involved in vandalism and wanted them to be given exemplary punishment following an investigation.