Peshawar:
Pakistani police have arrested 10 more folks in overnight raids for their alleged involvement in the vandalisation of a Hindu temple by a mob led by members of a radical celebration in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
With the most current arrests, the quantity of accused arrested in the case has risen to 55. Over 350 folks have been named in the FIR soon after the temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district was vandalised and set on fire on Wednesday by a mob protesting against its expansion work.
Search is underway to arrest the other individuals accused named in the FIR.
The temple which also had a samadhi of a Hindu religious leader was attacked by the mob soon after members of the Hindu neighborhood received permission from neighborhood authorities to renovate its decades-old constructing.
The mob, led by some neighborhood clerics and supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam celebration (Fazal ur Rehman group), demolished the newly constructed work alongside the old structure.
The attack on the temple drew powerful condemnation from human rights activists and the minority Hindu neighborhood leaders.
India has also lodged a protest with Pakistan more than the vandalisation of the temple and sought strict action against these accountable for the incident.
The protest was conveyed to Pakistan by way of diplomatic channels, sources in New Delhi mentioned on Friday.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has assured that his government would reconstruct the broken temple and the Samadhi at the shortest probable time.
Chief Minister Khan’s Special Assistant on Information Kamran Bangash mentioned that religious tolerance would be maintained in the province.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the neighborhood authorities to seem ahead of the court on January 5.
The court has issued directions to one particular-man Commission on Minorities Rights, KP chief secretary and KP inspector basic of police to stop by the web-site and submit a report on January 4.
Hindus type the greatest minority neighborhood in Pakistan.
According to official estimates, 75 lakh Hindus reside in Pakistan. However, according to the neighborhood, more than 90 lakh Hindus are living in the nation.
The majority of Pakistan’s Hindu population is settled in Sindh province exactly where they share culture, traditions and language with Muslim residents. They typically complain of harassment by the extremists.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Saturday termed as “completely unwarranted” India’s protest more than the vandalisation of the Hindu temple.
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