Bangladesh on Sunday reinstalled the statue of a Greek Goddess clad in a saree, taken down from the front of the Supreme Court after religious hardliners deemed it “un-Islamic”, to a different location within the premises.
The sculpture of Themis — the goddess of justice — had been in place for less than six months when it was removed on Friday after Islamist groups claimed it hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims.
Sculptor Mrinal Haque, who engraved the statue, supervised the reinstallation process. The reinstallation work began yesterday and was completed on Sunday with the help of around 30 workers.