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…
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by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, Sept 5th, 2023KARACHI: Three persons were booked and arrested for vandalising a place of worship of the Ahmadi community in Saddar on Monday afternoon for a second time in a short span of less than seven months. Police and community representatives said that a mob stormed into Ahmadiyya Hall near Electronics Market and destroyed its minarets, doors, windows, etc. Amir Mehmood, a spokesperson for the Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya, told Dawn that the…
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…