ISKCON seeks UN’s consideration over assault on its Noakhali temple in Bangladesh

After a mob allegedly attacked Hindu devotees at an ISKCON temple in Bangladesh’s Noakhali space on Friday, the non secular organisation wrote to the United Nations on Saturday, looking for the worldwide physique’s consideration for “Hindus and other minorities of Bangladesh”.

Sharing visuals of harm and destruction, ISKCON had mentioned on Friday that its temple and devotees had been violently attacked by a mob in Noakhali. One devotee, named Parth Das, allegedly died because of the communal violence.It is with nice grief that we share the information of a ISKCON member, Partha Das, who was brutally killed yesterday by a mob of over 200 individuals. His physique was present in a pond subsequent to the temple.We name on the Govt of Bangladesh for instant motion on this regard. https://t.co/BLwqGsN36h— ISKCON (@iskcon) October 16, 2021
The assault on the ISKCON temple adopted comparable incidents of violence at Hindu temples and Durga Puja pandals that happened in a number of elements of Bangladesh attributable to social media allegations and rumours earlier this week.Appealing {that a} United Nations crew be despatched to Bangladesh, ISKCON wrote, “The world has ditched the minorities of Bangladesh. Yesterday [Friday] a mob of 200+ entered our ISKCON Noakhali premises and unleashed terror for 3 hours. One of our devotees was killed and many were missing. Many are critically injured and fighting for their lives.”ALSO READ: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina assures stern motion in opposition to ‘bad elements’ after Durga Puja pandal assaults“All our deities have been broken. 150 houses near ISKCON temple were looted and vandalized. Currently there iscurfew in the area, but unless the international community speaks against this cycle of violence which is going on for last 9 days, more people are going to be killed,” ISKCON added in its letter to the UN.“We appeal to the United Nations to immediately issue condemnation of this cycle of violence against the Hindus and other minorities of Bangladesh and to send a delegation to Bangladesh.”As per Bangladeshi media, no less than 4 individuals had been killed after violence erupted on Wednesday following social media allegations of blasphemy at a Durga Puja pandal in Comilla, about 100 kilometres from Dhaka.Following the violence in Comilla, incidents of vandalism had been additionally reported from Durga Puja pandals in Chandpur’s Hajiganj, Chattogram’s Banshkhali and Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua, stories mentioned.ALSO READ: Vandalisation of Durga Puja pandals in Bangladesh ‘disturbing’, in contact with authorities: MEA