Pakistan: 30 arrested for damaging Hindu temple; Govt orders its reconstruction
By PTI| Posted by Sameer | Published: 1st January 2021 8:10 am IST A Hindu temple in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was reportedly destroyed and set on fire. [ANI]
Peshawar: Over 30 people, mostly members of a radical Islamist party, were arrested after a Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob protesting against its expansion work in northwest Pakistan, officials said on Thursday.
The attack on the temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Karak district on Wednesday drew strong condemnation from human rights activists and Hindu community leaders.