Ashes litter the floor of a Kali Mandir in Mahendradi village of Madaripur after miscreants set fire to it on Friday.
Miscreants set ablaze a 200-year-old Hindu temple in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur early on Friday.
Unidentified miscreants torched the Kali Mandir at Mahendradi village anytime after the midnight, said Mofazzel Hossain, officer-in-charge of Rajoir Police Station.
The temple had been burnt to ashes before the villagers reached the spot, said Uttam Banerjee, president of the temple managing committee.
Police are investigating the incident, reports our Madaripur correspondent quoting the OC.
Md Nasirul Islam, additional superintendent of police in Madaripur, said law enforcers are trying to arrest the culprits behind the incident.
Source: The Daily Star
