ISKCON temple attacked and devotee killed in Bangladesh; Delhi sees transfer to stir bother
An ISKCON temple in Bangladesh used to be vandalised and a devotee killed via a mob — this used to be the 5th demise since Thursday — and there seemed to be rising realisation in New Delhi {that a} “coordinated” and “orchestrated” transfer used to be at paintings to fan the flames of communal tensions throughout “more than one places” there.
South Block is concerned over the spate of incidents which the Bangladesh government are not able to forestall or keep an eye on in spite of heavy deployment of paramilitary forces in additional than part of the executive districts within the nation.
The assault at the ISKCON temple in Noakhali surprised the Hindu neighborhood there, resulting in protests at the streets. Resources mentioned the imaginable involvement of Islamic extremist teams in Bangladesh seeking to fan the flames of bother and purpose communal struggle between the 2 communities is being investigated.
The ISKCON government tweeted in regards to the incident, hanging out images of the vandalisation: “ISKCON temple & devotees violently attacked in Noakhali, Bangladesh. Temple suffered important injury and the situation of a devotee stays crucial.”
Later Saturday, it mentioned: “Partha Das, an enthusiastic devotee, used to be brutally killed the day gone by via a mob of over 200 folks. His frame used to be present in a pond subsequent to the temple.”
“We name at the Government of Bangladesh to verify the security of all Hindus & convey the perpetrators to justice,” ISKCON mentioned.
Bangladesh government have imposed a national safety vigil whilst officers mentioned that preliminary investigations have thrown up the most important proof in opposition to the perpetrators of violence in opposition to the Durga Puja celebrations of the minority Hindu neighborhood.
The paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has expanded its vigil to 34 out of 64 administrative districts within the nation.
The elite anti-crime Speedy Motion Battalion (RAB) mentioned it expects to arrest one of the key perpetrators of the violence which happened within the closing 3 days.
House Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal advised journalists: “We predict traits of the investigations within the subsequent one or two days.”
Colonel KM Azad of RAB mentioned: “The violence seemed to be a part of a plot in opposition to inter-faith unity and the perpetrators have been inquisitive about similar incidents prior to now as smartly.”
“We’re getting ready to take stringent criminal motion and arrest a few of them very quickly,” he mentioned.
What’s being concerned is that the incidents of violence happened hours after Top Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a stern caution Thursday after assaults on Hindu temples and Durga Puja venues in Comilla.
“No one will likely be spared. It does no longer topic which faith they belong to. They are going to be hunted down and punished,” she mentioned.
