By Admin 
Constant attacks on religious minorities are going on in Bangladesh. In this sequence, seven idols made before the Durgotsav were broken in a Hindu temple in Sarisabari Upazila of Jamalpur district. Local media gave this information on Sunday (September 21, 2025). The incident took place on Saturday night at the Tarayapara temple of the municipality.
This kind of attack has been reported a week before the Durga Puja festival, the biggest religious festival of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. Confirming the incident, Rashidul Hasan, in -charge of Sarisabari police station, said, ‘After receiving the information, we reached the spot. A person has been arrested on the charge of the incident.
The accused destroyed temple idols
The police officer said that the accused has been identified as 35 -year -old Habibur Rahman, a resident of Shimlapalli village. According to police and temple officials, the idols made for the upcoming Durga Puja were destroyed in the temple after the artisans left on Saturday night. He further said that the accused entered the temple and broke the heads and other parts of the idols.
According to reports, members of the temple committee found the idols damaged on Sunday morning and informed the police, who arrested Habibur after examining the CCTV footage. Bangladesh’s leading newspaper The Daily Star quoted the temple committee chairman Goes Chandra Burman as saying, “On Sunday morning, the day of Mahalaya, when we reached there, the idols were broken. We immediately called the police. The vandalist was identified through CCTV footage.
Increase in attacks on Hindu temples and minorities in Bangladesh
The incident highlights a worrying tendency, as there has been an increase in attacks on Hindu temples and minorities in Bangladesh since the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus in August 2024. Earlier this week, local media reported that miscreants broke the idols at Swaroopdah Palpara Sri Rakha Kali Temple in Mirpur Upazila in Kushuya district and stole a security camera and memory card.
According to the temple committee chairman Amresh Ghosh, the miscreants broke the heads and hands of the idols of Lord Kartik and Saraswati. Bangladesh’s chief Dainik, The Business Standard quoted Ghosh as saying, ‘There was no electricity in the area and light rain was receiving. Taking advantage of this, the idols were broken. Although the temporary tin-shade temple is protected daily, it was damaged during the power cuts.
Condemned by derogatory remarks against Hinduism
Badal Kumar Dey, former secretary of the temple committee, said, ‘For the last three years we have been preparing for Durga Puja here. This incident before Durga Puja has put us in panic. Last week, the Awami League of Bangladesh had strongly condemned the interim government home advisor Jahangir Alam Chaudhary for derogatory remarks against Hinduism, in which he described Hindu customs as ‘the gathering of alcohol and drugs’.
This objectionable remarks of him have come before the upcoming Durga Puja celebrations in the country. Bangladesh is in the grip of violence and extreme chaos since the democratically elected government -elected government -led government led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The interim government has also faced strong criticism for sheltering radical Islamic organizations.
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