Fourteen Hindu temples were vandalised in northeastern Bangladesh in what police believe was a series of orchestrated attacks by unidentified vandals.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday in Dhantala, Paria and Charul regions.
“Unidentified people carried out the attacks under the cover of darkness, vandalising idols in 14 temples in three unions (lowest local government tier)," said Bidyanath Barman, a Hindu community leader at Baliadangi) sub-district in Thakurgaon, reports PTI news agency.