Kushtia Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 05 Dec 2020 03:54 PM BdST Updated: 05 Dec 2020 06:01 PM BdST Vandals have defaced a sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman under the cover of night in Kushtia amid growing opposition from Islamic groups, including Hifazat-e Islam, to the statues of the Father of the Nation. The right hand, face and parts of the left hand of the statue, which is under construction at a five-road intersection in Kushtia Municipality, were damaged by the miscreants late Friday. Different groups and organisations expressed grievances over the matter after it came to their notice on Saturday morning. Authorities are yet to identify the culprits behind the vandalism. The Kushtia Municipality took the initiative to build three statues of Bangabandhu at the site. Work on the statue targeted by the vandals was almost complete before the incident. “We were almost done with the construction of one of Bangabandhu’s s...
