50 arrested in reference to assault on Hindu temple in Pakistan’s Punjab province

Over 50 folks, who have been allegedly concerned within the temple demolition incident in Pakistan’s Punjab province, have been arrested on Sunday. A mob of round 150 folks had attacked the Hindu temple at Bhong metropolis of Rahim Yar Khan district on Wednesday.

The chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Usman Buzdar, and the Hindu MP of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf get together, Dr Ramesh Vankwani, confirmed that fifty individuals have been arrested after verification of the obtainable video footages of the assault.Pakistan police arrest 50 suspected of Hindu temple assault @pakobserver pic.twitter.com/tTSQIV83kd— Dr. Ramesh Vankwani (@RVankwani) August 8, 2021
Usman Buzdar additionally mentioned that it was the state’s accountability to guard locations of worship of all religions in Pakistan. He promised the entire elimination of such incidents and mentioned that the restoration work of Rahim Yar Khan’s Bhong Sharif temple was in full swing.
ALSO READ: Pak authorities stood idle, fully failed to guard minorities: India after assaults on Hindu templeMob assaults Hindu templeThe mob had attacked the Hindu temple, burned down components of it and broken its idols in response to alleged desecration of a Muslim seminary. As police failed to manage the scenario, the Pakistan Rangers have been known as in.”An eight-year-old Hindu boy last week had allegedly urinated at a library of the seminary in the area that caused tensions in Bhong, where Muslims and Hindus have been living peacefully for decades,” information company PTI mentioned in its report.As the mob attacked the temple, parliamentarian Ramesh Kumar Vankwani posted movies of the temple assault on Twitter and requested legislation enforcement companies to hurry to the spot to cease its “burning and vandalising”.WATCH: Mob assaults temple in Pakistan’s Punjab province, India lodges robust protestImran Khan reactsPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took to social media a day after the assault and acknowledged that the federal government would renovate the broken temple. Shortly earlier than PM Imran Khan posted the above image, Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed took suo moto cognizance of the matter. Punjab’s chief secretary and inspector normal have been summoned to the Supreme Court on Friday.The Chief Justice additionally met with Dr Ramesh Vankwani, the president of Pakistan Hindu Council. Dr Ramesh Vankwani was requested to be current in court docket as effectively.ALSO READ: Pakistan Supreme Court pulls up authorities for failing to cease assault on Hindu temple