Tension over damage of idol in Nilphamari
Oikya Parishad demands Domar UNO's transfer
Our Correspondent, Nilphamari
Tension prevails in Brahman Para (Vujaripara) village in Domar upazila in the district over alleged damage of an idol of a Hindu goddess at a temple by miscreants earlier.Leaders of the Hindu-Boudha-Christian Oikya Parishad visited the village on Friday and deplored the incident. Addressing a gathering on the premises of Domar Nath Mondir after the visit, Balaram Thakurta, central Presidium member of the Parishad, demanded immediate arrest and punishment of the culprits. He demanded transfer of the Domar Thana Nirbahi Officer (UNO) for his "controversial role". Presided over by Porachad Adhikari, Nilphamari district president of Khattrio Samity, the meeting was addressed by, among others, Ramendra Nath Bardhan, Nilphamari district secretary of the Parishad and Monindranath Roy, its Thakurgaon district secretary. At the gathering, the speakers placed a list of alleged incidents of torture on the local minority community since the present government took over. They alleged that a teenaged Hindu girl, daughter of one Harolal Das of Sholmari Gopaler Bazar in Jaldhaka upazila, abducted recently by "identified culprits" was yet to be recovered due to "inaction" by police.
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