Durga Puja

The Durga Puja committee has accused the police of downplaying the petrol bomb attack by equating it with the robbery incident.

A Durga Puja Pandal in Kolkata was stormed by a Muslim mob who asked the the Puja organizers to stop the Hindu rituals and threatened to vandalise the idol

The perpetrators first disconnected the electricity lines and then destroyed CCTVs. Following that, they damaged the barricades, and the arm of the idol of the Hindu deity

Muslims in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh stormed a Durga Puja pandal, pelted stones and attacked the devotees with sticks, injuring many including kids

The Buddhist monks accused that the officials were involved in the violence against the minority community in Bangladesh.

"Kadamtala bazar is destroyed, including the front part of my house. Is this India? Where do we go from here?" a terrified Hindu woman was heard saying.

"Buoyed by the activities of the radicalists in Bangladesh who are trying to repress the festivities surrounding the Durga Puja, miscreants in West Bengal are trying to imitate the same, in order to fan communal tensions and create an environment of intimidation and fear during the festive season," Suvendu Adhikari said in his tweet.

The Hindu community in Bangladesh has been forced to change the venues of Durga Puja festival at some places due to repeated obstruction by the radical groups.

Insaf Keemkari Chhatra-Janta staged a protest against the use of a playground by the Hindus for the Durga Puja celebrations.

Several temples in Khulna in Bangladesh received anonymous letters threatening to not allow them to celebrate Duga Puja unless they pay Tk 5 lakh toll each.