ISKCON Radhakanta temple vandalized in Bangladesh’s Dhaka

Dhaka [Bangladesh]: The ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Bangladesh’s Dhaka was vandalized on Thursday.

This story is still developing and more details are awaited.

This incident comes a few months following a series of attacks on minority religious places in Bangladesh that took place last October.

An ISKCON temple in Noakhali city in Bangladesh was vandalised and a devotee was killed by a mob on October 16.

Mob of #Islamist thugs led by Haji Shafiullah attacked #ISKCON Radhakanta Temple at Wari, #Dhaka, 7:30 pm on 17 March. Police remained unseen.#Bangladesh as OIC member was cosponsor of UN General Assembly Resolution declaring 15 March ‘Islamophobia Day’.
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— Kanchan Gupta ?? (@KanchanGupta) March 18, 2022

Earlier, communal tensions gripped Bangladesh following allegations of the Quran being dishonoured at a puja pavilion in Cumilla on October 13 last year, triggering violence in several districts across the country.