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Mob vandalises, burns down Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan
Pakistani police have arrested 26 people belonging to a radical Islamist party after a Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob protesting its renovation in northwest Pakistan.
A central leader of radical Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, Rehmat Salam Khattak, is among 26 arrested in raids following the attack on the temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district on Wednesday, Station House Officer Rehmatullah Khan told PTI.
The mob, led by the supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (Fazal ur Rehman group), ptotesting the expansion work of the temple, demolished the newly constructed work alongside the old structure.
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A Hindu temple was vandalised by an angry mob in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, police said.
The incident took place in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district, District Police Officer Irfan Marwat told reporters.
According to Marwat, protesting the expansion work of the temple, the mob demolished the newly constructed work alongside the old structure.
Neither any case has been registered and nor any arrest made so far in the incident.
Pakistan s federal Parliamentary Secretary for Human Rights Lal Chand Malhi strongly condemned the vandalisation of the temple by some anti-social elements .
Noting that some groups are active in carrying out such anti-social activities to defame Pakistan, Malhi said the government will not tolerate such incidents.
Angry mob vandalises Hindu temple, sets it ablaze in Pak s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Geeta Mohan
An angry mob vandalised a Hindu temple and set it on fire on Wednesday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district in Pakistan.
The incident took place in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district, District Police Officer Irfan Marwat said.
The incident took place hours after a rally by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) which was held nearby wherein speakers reportedly delivered fiery speeches which charged crowd that later stormed the temple, set it ablaze and razed it to the ground.
Today in Pakistan. A charged mob destroyed a Hindu temple by setting it on fire and razing it to the ground in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district of Karak.
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