Mob vandalises Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral mansion in Bangladesh
The ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, known as Rabindra Kacharibari, in Bangladesh's Sirajganj district, was attacked and vandalised by a mob on Tuesday. The attack, which targeted the auditorium and other parts of the heritage site, vandalising window panes, doors, and furniture, was triggered by an altercation between a visitor and the staff over a motorcycle parking fee on Sunday (June 8), according to media reports.advertisementFollowing the attack, authorities shut down the site and formed a probe panel to investigate the incident.A case was lodged on Wednesday (June 11) against 50–60 individuals, including 10 named accused, in connection with the mob attack on the historic site, reported the Dhaka-based Daily Star.
Rabindra Kacharibari, literally meaning "Tagore's estate office home", was where Rabindranath Tagore's family oversaw their estate in Sirajganj's Shahzadpur upazila. Now the mansion serves as a memorial museum. The mansion, purchased by Rabindranath Tagore's father, was visited by the poet multiple times, during which he stayed and wrote parts of several of his plays.On June 8, Bangladeshi expatriate Shah Newaz visited the Kachharibari with his family, where he got into an altercation with an employee at the entrance over a motorcycle parking fee, Bangladeshi daily New Age reported.advertisementLater, Newaz was allegedly locked up in an office room and physically assaulted.Angered by the incident, locals staged a protest by forming a human chain on Tuesday.The demonstration was followed by a mob attack on the auditorium in the premises of Rabindra Kacharibari, during which the director of the institution was also assaulted.(The story will be updated soon)
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