In the early hours of Saturday, miscreants smashed the under construction sculpture of Bangabandhu at the five roads' intersection in Kushtia town. The face and hands of the sculpture were vandalized by two people within a minute begining at 2:16am on Saturday, shows the CCTV footages. The incident took place amid protests by various Islamist organizations across the country over the construction of Bangabandhu's sculpture. Also Read: Unfinished Bangabandhu sculpture vandalized in KushtiaAmong other members of the police department Additional Deputy Inspector General (ADIG) of Kushtia AKM Nahidul Islam and ushtia Superintendent of Police (SP) SM Tanvir Arafat have visited the incident spot on Saturday night. Also Read- Sculpture fiasco: Jubo League, Chhatra League call countrywide protestsThe youth front said they will take positions on the streets in all the districts, metropolitan cities, upazilas, and municipality areas throughout the day on Sunday, says a press release.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 06, 2020 05:00 UTC