NEW DELHI: India is taking reports of vandalisation of Hindu temples in Bangladesh “very seriously”, the government said on Friday.
This was the first government response after Congress member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury highlighted the fact that over 15 Hindu temples had been attacked in Bangladesh. After allegations of disrespect to Islam on some Facebook posts surfaced, Chowdhury had asked the Centre to take up the issue with the Sheikh Hasina government. The Modi government has very close ties with the Bangladesh government but has remained silent over the temple attacks.
According to media reports from Bangladesh, temples at Nasirnagar in Brahmanbarhia district in Bangladesh were vandalised on Sunday and over 100 houses in the area belonging to Hindus were looted.
After the violence, which reportedly lasted for hours, two temples in adjacent Madhabpur in Habigunj also came under attack, the report said quoting police and eyewitnesses. Six people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the attack and paramilitary forces and police were deployed at Nasirnagar and Madhabpur Upazila headquarters, the report said.