Attack on ISKCON temple in Bangladesh: Death threats to temple administration; Eyewitness said – was asked to leave the temple even earlier

ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Dhaka was vandalized on the eve of Dol Yatra and Holi celebrations in Bangladesh. Now the temple administration is getting death threats. Rasmani Keshavdas, an eyewitness to the attack and Medical Officer at ISKCON, said that a man named Haji Shafiullah has been threatening us to leave the temple for years. Please tell that Haji Shafiullah is the one who was leading the attackers.

Rasmani told that when we refused to leave the temple, money was also offered to him. The police did not listen to us. One of his men, Ishraf Sufi, even threatened to kill us. He was repeatedly asking us to leave the temple, but this is our temple.

Rasmani alleged that no arrest has been made so far in the temple vandalism case. The goons are still threatening us that if anyone meets us, they will kill us. He told that at present policemen are stationed here. However, we are still scared. Two of our people are hospitalised, their condition is slightly better. We are requesting both the Prime Ministers to help.

ISKCON Kolkata Vice President Radharaman Das said that the Bangladesh government has deployed 12 policemen in front of our temple. The Government of India has directed the Indian Embassy to discuss the matter with the Government of Bangladesh.

Around 7 pm on Thursday evening, a mob of about 200 people attacked the temple and looted it.

ISKCON Radhakanta temple was attacked by a mob of 200 people
In Bangladesh, extremists ransacked the ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Dhaka by a mob of 200 people on Thursday. Along with this, the incident of looting was also done. Three people are reported to have been injured in this attack.

There was an attack last year too
Last year too, a Hindu temple was attacked by a mob in Chandpur district during Durga Puja. During this, 3 people were shot and killed. After this, the Bangladesh Hindu Unity Council had demanded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to provide security to the Hindus.

Last year, a mob attacked a Durga temple in Chandpur district.

Attacks on Hindu temples have already happened in Bangladesh
Attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh have a long history. Before the demolition of the Babri Masjid in India, on 29 October 1990, the Jamaat-e-Islami political organization in Bangladesh spread rumors about the demolition of the Babri Masjid, which led to violence on 30 October, which continued till 2 November 1990. . Many Hindus were killed in this violence.