3 more temples in Bangladesh vandalised

Over two consecutive days, miscreants targeted three Hindu temples in Bangladesh, vandalising eight idols in Mymensingh and Dinajpur districts, according to local media reports.

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Law enforcement authorities have arrested a 37-year-old suspect in connection with one of the incidents, police confirmed.

Quoting temple sources and locals, Abul Khayer, officer-in-charge (OC) of Haluaghat Police Station, said on Saturday that miscreants ransacked two idols of Bonderpara Temple in the Shakuai union of Haluaghat in the early hours of Friday.

The attacks are the latest in a string of incidents targeting the minority Hindu community in the country. In Mymensingh, three idols in two temples were destroyed during the early hours of Thursday and Friday.