Hindu temples in Bangladesh were vandalized by miscreants during Durga Puja festivities, forcing the government to deploy paramilitary forces in 22 districts after four people were murdered and many more were injured in the rioting, according to media reports on Thursday.
A Facebook post allegedly showing Hindus insulting the Quran went viral on social media on Wednesday night after which the religious fanatics took to the streets to vandalize several Durga pandals.
In the main incident, the mob attacked a Hindu temple and clashed with police in the southern town of Hajiganj, leaving four dead and nearly two dozen injured, including 15 police officers, local police chief Milon Mahmud said.
Several Bangladeshi Hindus and Hindu groups rushed to Twitter to post images of vandalism.
Sharing a video of an attack on Hindus, Advocate Dr Gobinda Chandra Pramanik, Secretary-General of Bangladesh Jatio Hindu Mohajote Tweeted, “The situation is terrible!! Attacks on 150 families in Shilpara, Cox’s Bazar, widespread vandalism, looting, vandalism of Hatiya in Noakhali, vandalism of idols in municipal Kalimandir, attack Vandalism, molestation of women, 2 people have been found dead in Chandpur.”
Another Twitter handle by the name Jatayu Osint shared some more visuals of Islamic mobs vandalizing Durga pandals.
Bangladesh’s government ordered a probe into the violence, saying in a statement that anyone involved would be punished and asking people to maintain order: “The government has urged everyone to keep religious harmony, peace and security”.
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