At the very least three folks have been injured in a conflict that broke out between police and Hindu neighborhood going to immerse idols following the conclusion of Durga Puja in an Outdated Dhaka locality, a media report mentioned on Monday. The three folks, together with a police officer, have been injured when miscreants threw bricks from the rooftop of Nur Tremendous Market in Patuatuli space of Outdated Dhaka on the procession heading to immerse idols within the Buriganga river late Sunday evening, The Day by day Star newspaper mentioned quoting an eyewitness.
Following the assault, members of the Hindu neighborhood tried to enter the market however confronted resistance from the police. Kotwali police station Officer-in-Cost Md Enamul Hasan advised the newspaper, “The locals tried to enter the market. For the sake of the market’s safety, we resisted them from getting into, which ultimately led to the conflict.”
The officer additional mentioned that unable to regulate the state of affairs, he knowledgeable the military they usually arrived and dispersed the group. “The state of affairs is now largely beneath management,” he added. The five-day Hindu spiritual competition that started with an invocation of Goddess Durga on Wednesday, conlcuded with the immersion of Goddess Durga murtis on Sunday.
The Hindus represent about eight per cent of the 170 million inhabitants in Bangladesh. The neighborhood has confronted assaults since regime change on August 5 and within the newest sequence of incidents, Durga Puja mandaps confronted vandalism.
A crude bomb was allegedly thrown at a Durga Puja mandap within the Tanti Bazar space of Outdated Dhaka on Friday and though the bomb caught hearth, no person was injured. From October 1 onwards until Friday, 17 individuals have been arrested and a couple of dozen instances registered after Bangladesh witnessed about 35 untoward incidents associated to the Durga Puja celebrations.
