Attacks on shrines are continuing across the country despite protests demanding protection for the shrines and devotees and exemplary punishment for the attackers.
Amid the protests, two more shrines were also vandalised in Noakhali and Gazipur on Friday.
On the day, several organisations staged demonstrations in Dhaka demanding an immediate end to the attacks, trial of attackers and protection for the shrines and devotees.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Gazipur reported that the Shah Sufi Fasih Paglar Mazar was attacked and vandalised in the Porabari area in the district Friday afternoon.聽
Around one hundred people stormed into the shrine on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at about 3:00pm and carried out the attack and vandalism while the attackers also torched the furniture of the shrine.
The attackers alleged that the devotees of the shrine organised dance and music programs and used to take drugs at the shrine.
Maksudur Rahman, assistant commissioner (Sadar) of Gazipur Metropolitan Police, said that the police and army personnel, after receiving the information, rushed to the spot and took the situation under control. 聽
In Noakhali, a shrine named 鈥楩akir Chadu Miji Shah鈥� was also attacked and vandalided in the Lakshmi-Narayanpur area of the district town at about 9:00am on Friday.
Sabzel Ahmed, inspector (investigation) of Sudharam Model Police Station, told journalists that they sent police personnel to the spot and would take legal action in this connection.
In Dhaka, a protest rally was held on Friday under the banner of 鈥榁abBoithoki鈥� in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh to protest against the attacks on shrines across the country and demand security for the devotees and shrines. 聽
Protesting at the attacks, columnist and writer Farhad Mazhar urged the government to take legal action against the attackers.
He urged the government to repair or reestablish the shrines.
Besides, Bangladesh Aseke Auliya at a protest rally in front of the National Press Club in the capital Friday morning demanded security for the shrines and their devotees.
They alleged that at least 45 incidents of attacks and vandalism at shrines occurred since the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5.
They also urged the interim government to take measures to stop the attacks.
The rally was presided over by the organisation鈥檚 advisor, Syed Golam Morshed.聽
鈥業t is scornful that traditional shrines are faced with attacks and vandalism after the student-led mass uprising. In this country, the shrines are used for expansion of religious and cultural activities, but now miscreants are destroying the age-old architecture, which is alarming for inclusive Bangladesh,鈥� said Syed Golam Morshed.聽
The organisation also placed a five-point demand to save the shrines across the country.