ASK condemns desecration of Debapriya's ancestral temple

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday condemned the recent desecration and robbing of a temple at economist Debapriya Bhattacharya's ancestral home in Tangail's Kalihati upazila, demanding that the perpetrators be identified and booked immediately.

Unidentified miscreants broke into the temple outside the Elenga Zaminder Bari on the night of May 30, says a statement of the rights body quoting media reports based on Debapriya's nephew Prabal Bhattacharya's statement.

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They desecrated Kali and Mahadeva's idols and took away a two-bhori gold necklace, bindi, nose ring, and some silver ornaments adorning the former, added the statement.

Family members found out the next morning and informed local police and the upazila parishad chairman, it said.