Kotwali Police Station chief Abdul Karim confirmed the attack, saying that assailants attempted to damage the temples

Amid ongoing violence against Hindus and other minorities, a violent Islamist mob on Friday (29 November) attacked and vandalised three Hindu temples in Bangladesh's Chattogram. The port city has recently seen protests and unrest following arrest of a former ISKCON member and Hindu Monk Chinmoy Krishna Das.

The ISKCON's appeal comes after widespread protests in Bangladesh following the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case.

Bangladesh's financial authorities have directed banks to freeze the accounts of 17 individuals linked to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for 30 days.

Bangladesh has frozen the bank accounts of 17 ISKCON associates for 30 days after Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested on sedition charges. The High Court rejected a petition to ban ISKCON following a lawyer's death during clashes.

Bangladesh's financial authorities have ordered banks to freeze the accounts of 17 individuals linked to ISKCON, including former spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das, for 30 days. This follows Das's arrest related to a sedition case involving a rally in Chattogram where a saffron flag was allegedly hoisted above the national flag,