Bangladesh: Goons attack Hindu temples during Durga Puja, 3 killed; paramilitary force called in

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Dhaka, Oct 14: Hindu temples in Bangladesh have been vandalised by some unidentified miscreants throughout Durga Puja celebrations, prompting the federal government to deploy paramilitary power in 22 districts after three folks had been killed and lots of others injured in riots, media stories stated on Thursday.

The bdnews24.com information web site reported that after allegations of blasphemy, an area temple in Cumilla, about 100 kms from right here, grew to become the centre of a social media storm on Wednesday. As clashes broke out, the administration and the police tried to carry the scenario underneath management, it stated.

Incidents of vandalism have additionally been reported from Hindu temples in Chandpur’s Hajiganj, Chattogram’s Banshkhali and Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua, the report stated. The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported that at one stage, the scenario went uncontrolled and riots began spreading to a lot of Durga Puja venues.

The native administration and the police got here underneath assault as they tried to take care of regulation and order, it stated. The Day by day Star newspaper reported that at the very least three folks had been killed and lots of others injured on Wednesday as a mob and the police clashed in Chandpur’s Hajiganj upazila following the incident in Cumilla. Later, the elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police Fast Motion Battalion (RAB) and paramilitary power Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) had been deployed to carry the scenario underneath management, the report stated.

The non secular affairs ministry issued an emergency discover, urging members of the general public to not take the regulation into their palms because it reiterated calls to take care of communal concord and peace, it stated.

The federal government deployed the BGB in 22 districts after a number of assaults on Hindu temples throughout Durga Puja celebrations, the report stated. “BGB personnel have been deployed to make sure safety throughout Durga Puja on the request of deputy commissioners and underneath directions from the house ministry,” BGB director of operations Lieutenant colonel Faizur Rahman stated.

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“To this point we now have deployed BGB personnel to 22 districts, together with Cumilla and Narsingdi, as essential,” the officer stated, including that troops may be deployed to the capital if the native administration makes a request. PTI