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ISKCON Saturday condemned the “homicide” of a Hindu priest allegedly by “Bangladeshi extremists” in Natore and accused the nation’s interim authorities of failing to guard spiritual minorities, who proceed to face “unabated torture and killings” following the autumn of Sheikh Hasina’s administration.
The priest’s physique was reportedly discovered at a temple in Natore’s Kashimpur Central Shmashana in Bangladesh.
ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das posted a video on X and requested “when will these killings finish!”. Das claimed, “Shocked to listen to in regards to the assault on the temple positioned in #Natore’s Kashimpur Central Shmashana in Bangladesh. Valuables have been looted, and the temple’s shebait, Tarun Chandra Das, was brutally murdered…” PTI couldn’t independently confirm the authenticity of the video.
In keeping with Das, the priest was seemingly tortured, earlier than being killed, as his arms and ft have been tied. “Miscreants additionally looted the temple,” he mentioned, including that Bangladesh police termed the incident a case of theft, to which Das requested, “How is it that incidents of theft and violence are disproportionately concentrating on Hindus?”
One other monk, condemning the priest’s ‘killing’, mentioned, “Dialogue alone will not be sufficient, because the scenario continues to deteriorate.”
He mentioned, “In keeping with an Indian authorities report, 2,200 circumstances of violence towards Hindus and different minorities…have been reported this yr as much as December 8. This quantity is probably going understated, as many incidents go unreported.”
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