Dhakeshwari temple looted

Staff Reporter

At least 200 tolas (bhori) of gold ornaments, six tolas of silver ornaments and Tk 4.5 lakh in cash were stolen from the city's Dhakeshwari Temple early Sunday.

Worship at Dhakeswari National Temple has been suspended for an indefinite period following the incident.

Nirnal Chatterjee, Joint Secretary of Mohanagar Sarbo Janin Puja Committee, told reporters the 'Sebayet Ratan Chakraborti and Nitya Gopal Chakraborti left the temple at around 9:00pm on Saturday night after locking all rooms, including the main temple. But in the morning all locks were found missing.

"Donated by the devotees the ornaments were decorated with the image of goddess Kali while the money were kept in the boxes in front of the goddess," said Nirmal Chatterjee and added, "We suspect, an organized gang is involved in the burglary."



He alleged that earlier they had informed the government authorities several times about the insecurity of the temple, but nothing was done in this connection.

After the incident, a protest meeting was held in front of the temple in the morning when the temple committee also announced another protest meeting for today (Monday).

Mohanagar Sarobojanin Puja Committee President Biresh Chandra Saha filed a general diary (GD) with Chawkbazar police station in this connection.

Secretary of Dhaka Metropolitan Sarbajanin Puja Udjapon Committee Babul Devnath has expressed deep concern over the incident. He said, "A theft took place at Baradeswari Kali Temple on Dec 12 and another at Jaykali Temple on Dec 22. We demand proper investigations into all these incidents."

Khurshid Hossain the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Lalbagh Zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) told The New Nation that they detained four persons including security guards and cleaners for questioning.

NewsSource: thenewnationbd.com