<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Kolkata:</strong> The Bangladesh Police claim to have detained 43 people for allegedly vandalising several Durga Puja pandals and inciting attacks in Cumilla and other parts of Chattogram Range, local media reported.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Wednesday, several incidents of vandalism at Durga Puja pandals were reported in Bangladesh, and the government had warned of tough action. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The violence was allegedly triggered after some social media posts alleged that a Quran had been placed on the lap of a Hanuman idol at a Durga Puja pandal in Nanua Diphir Par in Cumilla.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photographs of the violence were widely shared on social media.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parliament whip Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon and DIG, Chattogram Rannge, Anwar Hossain visited the site of vandalism on Thursday morning to take stock of the situation, bdnews24.com reported.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quoting </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the DIG, the report said it was all “part of a plan to incite tensions”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A video of the incident at a Durga Puja pandal in Nanua Diphir Par had an “extremely inflammatory description”, Hossain was quoted as saying.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While 43 people have been detained, the police are on alert in areas outside Cumilla that also reported violence, the DIG said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The country is developing and one quarter is trying to sow instability,” Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon said, according to the bdnews24 report.</span></p> <h3><strong>‘Broken Idols Can’t Be Worshipped’</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the violence, the Bangladesh Hindu Unity Council took to Twitter on Wednesday to declare the Durga Puja over for this year, two days before Vijaya Dashami, calling it a “black day” for Hindus in Bangladesh. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We will never Forget 2021 Durga puja. Maa durga bless you all”, read the message posted by the council's verified Twitter handle.</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pujo Done 🙏🙏🙏 <br />From : Comilla nanuyar Dighi puja Mandap. <br />We will never Forget 2021 Durga puja. Maa durga bless you all. 🙏<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackDayOfBDHindus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackDayOfBDHindus</a> <a href="https://t.co/25QXh1PcTY">pic.twitter.com/25QXh1PcTY</a></p> — Bangladesh Hindu Unity Council (@UnityCouncilBD) <a href="https://twitter.com/UnityCouncilBD/status/1448242612285018115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When a user asked why visarjan (immersion) was done on Ashtami, the council replied: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Broken idols cannot be worshipped.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Appealing to the people to maintain peace, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Bangladesh, said strict action would be taken against those found guilty of disturbing communal harmony.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://ift.tt/3aA2no3" width="500" height="307" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, many in India have condemned vandalism and demanded action. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a tweet, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said vandalising temples and Durga Puja pandals in Bangladesh following "conspiratorial rumours" was an “orchestrated attack on Sanatani Bengali community”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a subsequent post, tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Adhikari requested them to take up this “painful & shameful issue with the Bangladeshi authorities diplomatically”.</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I urge Hon'ble PM <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@narendramodi</a> ji, Hon'ble HM <a href="https://twitter.com/AmitShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AmitShah</a> ji, Hon'ble EAM <a href="https://twitter.com/DrSJaishankar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrSJaishankar</a> ji & Hon'ble Governor of WB <a href="https://twitter.com/jdhankhar1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jdhankhar1</a> ji to take up this painful & shameful issue with the Bangladeshi authorities diplomatically, & support the Sanatani Bengalis in this times of distress. <a href="https://t.co/2k5r1quwla">pic.twitter.com/2k5r1quwla</a></p> — Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (@SuvenduWB) <a href="https://twitter.com/SuvenduWB/status/1448557344942551043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>In a statement, the Bangladesh Students League said it has instructed all its leaders and cadre to stand guard at Durga Puja pandals.</p> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p>
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