ISKCON Kolkata
Bangladesh communal violence: ISKCON Kolkata members demonstrate outside Bangladesh Deputy High Commission
Kolkata: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness members in Kolkata on Sunday demonstrated outside the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office here against the recent attacks on its Noakhali temple on Friday.
Singing 'kirtans' and chanting ‘Hare Krishna’, the ISKCON members participated in a candlelight march in front of the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission.
The members demanded action against the miscreants involved in attacking the Noakhali temple which even led to the death of a person.
Protests near Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata against the attack on ISKCON devotees in Bangladesh. pic.twitter.com/o2q7l7g6Er
— Prema Rajaram (@prema_rajaram) October 17, 2021
They were seen holding posters in their hands where they sought justice and demanded protection for Hindus in Bangladesh.
Speaking to Indian news agency ANI, Radharaman Das, Vice Pres, ISKCON Kolkata said: "There was dance of death inside ISKCON temple on Friday."
He said: "ISKCON will continue to protest outside Bangladesh High Commissions across the world until the guilty are punished."
Protest in Bangladesh by the @iskcon devotees and Hindu community with the dead body of Partha Das. Worldwide protest in solidarity of the Hindus of #Bangladesh will continue until the perpetrators of violence are given death penalty#Hindus_Attacked_In_Bangladesh @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/uwLYqakIDU
— Radharamn Das (@RadharamnDas) October 17, 2021
The ISKCON on Saturday said its temple in Noakhali area of Bangladesh was attacked when one of the devotees was killed on Friday, a day which marked the end of Durga Puja.
The deceased person was identified as Partha Das.
Read: Bangladesh: ISKCON temple attacked in Noakhali, 1 devotee killed
The alleged desecration of the Quran at a Dugra Puja venue in Cumilla on Wednesday resulted in vandalism of Hindu temples and clashes between vandals and police in Bangladesh.
Several other districts, including Chandpur, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Bandarban, Moulvibazar, Gazipur, Chapainawabganj, and others, have seen similar situations in the last few days.
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