Mob ransacks over 100 year old Hindu temple Rawalpindi Pakistan
In yet another incident of religious intolerance in Pakistan, a mob ransacked a Hindu temple in Rawalpindi city of Pakistan’s Punjab province
A Group of unidentified people #Attacked ⚠️ an over 100 year old Hindu 🕉 temple (Mandir) at Purana Qila on Saturday, causing Damage to its ongoing renovation work, stairs and Doors.
“A mob ransacked a Hindu Temple in Rawalpindi last night hours before #Holi celebrations began. 74 years old temple was renovated in the Purana Qila area. Police registered a case against 10-15 unknown people. Hindus Council condemned the incident and demanded the arrest of culprits,” he tweeted.
Earlier, the encroachment mafia had #Occupied 🛑 the surroundings of the temple over a Long time by making shops and kiosks. The District administration assisted by the police recently removed all encroachments.
The temple was undergoing renovation from last month, and on March 26, the temple Bells 🔔 Rang for the #First time in 74 years in front of the potrait of Maa Durga.
Bells Rang and bhajans sounded in front of the Portrait of deity Durga in the ancient temple of Bhabra Bazaar on Thursday after almost 74 years.
Last year in December, a mob of over a hundred people led by local Muslim clerics had destroyed and set on fire the temple in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A video clip that went viral on social media showed a violent mob destroying the walls and roof of the temple.
Pakistan is a well-known perpetrator of human rights violations of minorities in the country. On several occasions, it has promised to safeguard the interest of minority communities in the nation. However, continuing attacks on minorities narrate a different story.
Islamabad has been discriminating against its religious minorities. This is manifested in various forms of targeted violence, mass murders, extrajudicial killings, abduction, rapes, forced conversion to Islam, etc., making Pakistani Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Ahmadiyyas, and Shias the most persecuted minorities in the region.
Rawalpindi Police 🚨 has registered a case against unidentified miscreants for the incident.
The security officer of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), Northern Zone, Syed Raza Abbas Zaidi, lodged an FIR at Banni police station, saying that 10 to 15 people stormed the temple on Saturday at about 7.30pm and damaged the main door and another door at the upper story as well as the staircase.
