ISKCON temple vandalized in Dhaka, Bangladesh

On Thursday, March 17, a mob of about 200 people allegedly ransacked the ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The incident comes months after a series of attacks on religious places in the country. ISKCON Kolkata Vice President Radharaman Das condemned the incident and said that these attacks are a matter of grave concern. On Thursday evening, as the devotees were preparing for the Gaur Purnima festival, a mob of 200 people entered the premises of Dhaka's Shri Radhakanta Temple and attacked it.

The devotees have requested the Bangladesh government to take action against those involved in the incident.

He said that we request the Bangladesh government to provide security to the Hindu minorities here. Let us inform that after the incidents of vandalism and attacks on temples last year, a situation of tension had arisen in Bangladesh. During October 2021, an ISKCON temple in Noakhali was vandalized and one person died during this. In Bangladesh, three more people were killed in a Durga Puja pavilion on charges of desecrating the Quran.