Unidentified miscreants torched a temple at Volardeghee village under Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat early yesterday.
Hari Chandra Roy, president of Radha Govinda Durga Mandir (temple), said unidentified miscreants had set fire to the temple around 3am while they were asleep.
Later, fire service team from Lalmonirhat rushed on the spot and doused the blaze.
Police and local sources said fence, roof of the tin shed temple and some religious books were burned in the fire.
Hari Chandra Roy miscreants torched the temple in order to create panic among the local Hindu community of the village.
A case will be lodged in connection to the incident, he added.
Sarpukur union’s ward 5 UP member Shasi Bhusan Roy confirmed about the incident to the Dhaka Tribune.
He said: “This isthe first time that a temple was come under attack in the village after the liberation. Hindu- Muslim and people from other communities live in the village peacefully.”
Aditmari police station Officer-in-Charge Aslam Iqbal said: “Police visited the spot immediately after the incident.”
He said police will trace the miscreants involved with the incident and give them exemplary punishment.
