Centre at Dhaka set on fire, claims ISKCON

“A centre of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was set on fire in Dhaka in Bangladesh,” a spokesperson of the religious order said on Saturday (December 7, 2024.)

“Early morning today, between 2-3 a.m., miscreants set fire to the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple and the Shri Shri Mahabhagya Lakshmi Narayan Temple, which fall under the Hare Krishna Namhatta Sangha, located in Dhour village, under the jurisdiction of Turag Police Station, Dhaka district,” Radharaman Das, the spokesperson of ISKCON Kolkata posted on social media.

The ISKCON spokesperson said fire was initiated by lifting the tin roof at the back of the temple and using petrol or octane and all items inside the temple were burned down completely