Dhaka, November 12, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
A Durga temple inside Laxminarayan Cotton Mill in Bangladesh’s Narayanganj district has allegedly been vandalised, while the body of a 65-year-old Hindu man was recovered from a river in Jashore district in a separate incident, according to local media reports.
The temple is located in the Siddhirganj area. Knit Concern Group, a ready-made garment manufacturing company, has been accused of blocking access to the shrine and damaging its decorations and pandal.
Police took the company’s director, Monir Hossain Mollah, and security department in-charge Ibrahim into custody on Wednesday evening for questioning.
Narayanganj Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Tarek Al Mehedi said police were examining a land-related dispute between the temple committee and the company, along with complaints of vandalism and obstruction of access to the shrine.
Tarun Lal Begi, general secretary of the Laxminarayan Cotton Mills Durga Temple Committee, alleged that the temple gate’s existing lock was removed on Tuesday evening and replaced with another to prevent entry. He further accused company officials of damaging the temple decorations and pandal despite administrative instructions.
In the separate incident in Jashore, the body of Ranjan Mondal, a fish farm owner, was recovered from a sack dumped in the Mukteshwari River near Helarghat in the Mashiahati area of Monirampur upazila on November 7.
His wife, Beauty Mondal, said he left home on the afternoon of November 6 and did not return. Police informed her about the recovery the following morning. She claimed that injury marks were visible on his neck and other parts of his body.
Monirampur Assistant Superintendent of Police Imdadul Haque said the body was recovered after police received information and was sent to Jashore 250-bed General Hospital for an autopsy.
The incidents come amid reports of continuing violence against minorities in Bangladesh. Last month, 43-year-old Hindu man Rabendra Rishi was allegedly stabbed to death, while three homes belonging to Hindu families were vandalised and looted in a separate incident.
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