Kushtia Correspondent,
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Published: 18 Dec 2020 05:09 PM BdST
Updated: 18 Dec 2020 05:09 PM BdST
Vandals have defaced another sculpture in Kushtia, this time the one of Jatindranath Mukherjee, a revolutionary leader of the anti-British movement known as Bagha Jatin, weeks after damaging Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman s statue in the district town. );
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The incident took place in Kumarkhali Upazila s Kaya village early Friday, local Union Parishad Chairman Ziaul Haque Swapan said. The face and nose of the statue, which was installed at the Bagha Jatin College premises in Kaya in 2016, were damaged by the miscreants, Kumarkhali Upazila Nirbahi Officer Rajibul Islam Khan said.
Sculpture of Bagha Jatin vandalised in Kushtia
Case filed; cops quiz 4
The vandalised sculpture of Bagha Jatin in Kushtia. Photo: collected
Some unidentified miscreants have vandalised a statue of British revolutionary leader Bagha Jatin on the campus premises of Kaya College in Kushtia s Kumarkhali upazila.
The nose and some parts of the right cheek of the statue was damaged on Thursday night, said police.
An under-construction sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was also vandalised in the district town on December 5.
Principal of Kaya College Harun-ur Rashid filed a case with Kumarkhali Police Station yesterday against a group of unnamed people.