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Bangladesh: Vandalism at Tagore's home a 'personal dispute'

Bangladesh: Vandalism at Tagore's home a 'personal dispute'
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The interim government in Dhaka has downplayed the vandalism at Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. According to the Bangladesh cultural affairs ministry, the incident on June 8 was not communal or political. Instead, it resulted from a personal dispute between an employee of 'Rabindra Kachharibari' and a visitor named Shahnewaz, escalating from a misunderstanding into a physical confrontation.
The interim govt in Dhaka has said the vandalism at Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Bangladesh's Sirajganj was "not driven by communal or political motives" but stemmed from a "personal dispute". The Bangladesh cultural affairs ministry claimed that on June 8, a "conflict arose from a misunderstanding that escalated into a verbal and physical confrontation between an on-duty employee of 'Rabindra Kachharibari' and a visitor, Shahnewaz".
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