{"id":614,"date":"2024-10-10T03:24:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T03:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcb.org\/?p=614"},"modified":"2024-10-10T20:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T20:59:48","slug":"deities-of-goddess-durga-family-attacked-disfigured-in-rajbari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcb.org\/index.php\/deities-of-goddess-durga-family-attacked-disfigured-in-rajbari\/","title":{"rendered":"Goddess Durga pantheon attacked & defaced in Rajbari, Goalanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published by the daily Prothom Alo newspaper on October 9, 2024 in Bangla.<\/strong> English translation is here first. Scroll down further to see original Bangla text copied as published in the newspaper.<\/p>\n

Complaints received about vandalizing the face and hands of the statue of Durga temple in Sajjankanda Madhyapara of Rajbari city. The temple is located in front of the local Kunjan Sarkar\u2019s house adjacent to Barapul-Rajbari Road Transport Owners Association of the city.<\/p>\n

The miscreants vandalized the statue sometime in the early hours of Tuesday morning. In the evening, the matter spread on social media. After fixing the idol, the pooja started today from Wednesday.<\/p>\n

It was seen on the surface on Oct 9th morning that the idols have been repaired. Two male and two female Ansar members were guarding the temple wearing beating sticks. Many people including army members, police, social service department officials were there to inquire.<\/p>\n

Deputy Commissioner (Acting) Siddharth Bhowmik, Superintendent of Police Mosa. Shamima Parveen and officers including army personnel visited the Puja mandap last night after receiving the news of vandalizing the idols.<\/p>\n

The news reporter spoke to a local Barshan Das in the puja mandap. He said the Durga idol was surrounded with cloth and tin. Around 11 o’clock yesterday, they found that miscreants had vandalized the idol. The artists had finished the idol work till three o’clock on Monday night and went home. As a result, Mr. Das believes that the vandalism of idols took place sometime after Monday midnight to Tuesday morning. As there were no guards or CCTV cameras, the miscreants could not be identified. Later, the idol artists tried all day on Tuesday to fix the idol.<\/p>\n

Sadhan Das, President of the Puja Celebration Committee, said on the phone, “We don’t want to do anything about this.” I don’t want to say anything to the media either. I want to celebrate the puja in harmony with the local residents.<\/p>\n

Officer-in-charge of Rajbari Sadar Police Station. Mahmudur Rahman said that the police came to know about the incident through Facebook after yesterday evening. Durga Puja is being held in 110 mandaps of Sadar Upazila. 13 mobile teams are patrolling regularly to provide security. No one filed any complaint regarding the idol vandalism. He said that the police are working to catch the criminals<\/p>\n

Victims: <\/strong>Hindu people in\u00a0Rajbari, Goalanda area<\/p>\n

Location of attack:\u00a0<\/strong>Rajbari area, Goalanda<\/p>\n

Date of attack: <\/strong>Tuesday, October 8, 2024 early morning<\/p>\n

News media report:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/www.prothomalo.com\/bangladesh\/district\/zzd1olknjn<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media report links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bangla news copied from\u00a0prothomalo.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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