report in The daily Star, Oct 7, 2023Unidentified criminals broke into a temple in Munshiganj town early yesterday and stole five idols of Hindu deities. The donation box of the temple, a silver swing, and other valuables made of brass were also stolen, said temple committee President Mahadev Halder. The stolen idols are an ashtadhatu idol of Radha-Krishna (40kg), a Gopal idol, a Ganesh idol, another brass idol of Radha-Krishna, and a brass idol of…
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report in The Daily Star, Sept 25, 2023Two temples in Dhaka’s Nawabganj upazila were vandalised by unidentified miscreants on Saturday night. The incident took place at Bhurakhali village located on the bordering area between Nawabganj and Manikganj’s Singair. “The Kali temple was set on fire around 11:30pm. It was partially damaged as locals doused the fire immediately,” said Ananda Bepari, president of the temple’s management committee. After a few minutes, three idols were vandalised in…
report in The Daily Star online, July 12, 2023Unidentified miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple in Lalmonihat Sadar upazila early today. They also looted the gold ornaments the Kali idol was adorned with and cash from the donation box, reports our local correspondent quoting Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Omar Farooq. The incident took place at Ratipur Paschimpara Central Cremation Temple at Gokunda Union. The miscreants broke in the temple by cutting the iron grill. People…
report in The Morning, Jan 6, 2023The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested popular YouTube political commentator Sepal Amarasinghe at Bellanwila last evening (5) for making disrespectful comments about the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Dalada Maligawa) in Kandy. The public complaints division of the CID commenced an investigation into the matter after Inspector-General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne received written complaints in this regard. Speaking on the matter, a senior police officer stated that…