[Bangla Daily Star] Religious fanatics vandalised at least seven statues at a Hindu temple in Sonatala upazila of the district early yesterday.Local politician and Awami League ex-organising secretary Md Abdul Mannan and the upazila chairman visited the temple in the morning.
They assured the temple committee that it will be given financial compensation.
The statues at Sri Sri Gobinda Temple in Gar Chaitanyapur area came under attack in the wee hours yesterday, said Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) Md Mojaffar Hossain of Sonatala Police Station.
The OC said police are yet to identify the attackers.
Religious bigots have vandalised and torched more than 27 temples, 175 houses and dozens of shops of minorities across the country since Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami...
was sentenced to death in a war crimes case on February 28.