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IDOLS BURNT IN ATTACK ON HINDU TEMPLE IN BANGLADESH
The Sunday Guardian
|December 08, 2024
DHAKA Amid reports of escalating violence against religious minorities and their places of worship in Bangladesh, another Hindu temple was allegedly set on fire in the outskirts of Dhaka.
The Mahabhagya Lakshminarayan Mandir, at Dhor village, in North of Dhaka came under attack on late Friday night. Babul Ghosh, supervisor of the temple said that a complaint has been filed against unidentified miscreants for burning down his ancestral temple.
Ghosh said that the attackers poured petrol on the idols while he was not present at the house and ran away on hearing his footsteps.
"The Lakshminarayan temple is our ancestral temple. Last night, the attackers entered the house from the rear side, poured petrol over the idols and set them on fire.
This story is from the December 08, 2024 edition of The Sunday Guardian.
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