50 individuals arrested, over 150 booked in Pakistan for assault on Hindu temple
Pakistan’s regulation enforcement businesses on Saturday arrested over 50 individuals, together with the primary suspects, allegedly concerned in an assault on a Hindu temple in a distant city of the nation’s Punjab province, a day after the Supreme Court admonished the authorities for his or her failure to guard the shrine.
They additionally booked 150 individuals in reference to the assault on Wednesday.
A mob attacked the temple at Bhong metropolis of Rahim Yar Khan district of the province, some 590 km from Lahore, in protest towards the discharge of an eight-year-old Hindu boy, who was arrested for allegedly urinating in a neighborhood seminary.
“More than 50 suspects have been arrested so far through analysis of video footages in a shameful ransacking incident at a temple in Rahim Yar Khan,” Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar tweeted.“We will make sure that no such incident happens (in the future). Besides, the restoration work of the temple has been underway in full speed,” he mentioned.
رحیم یار خان میں مندر کی توڑ پھوڑ کے شرمناک واقعے میں ملوث 50 سے زائد افراد کو اب تک ویڈیو فوٹیجز کے تجزیے کے بعد گرفتار کیا جا چکا ہے
تمام مذاہب کی عبادت گاہوں کی حفاظت ریاست کی ذمہ داری ہے، ایسے واقعات کا مکمل خاتمہ یقینی بنایا جائےگا
مندر کی بحالی کا کام بھی تیزی سےجاری ہے!! pic.twitter.com/uXTHUb4sQn
— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) August 7, 2021
He additionally shared the pictures of among the arrested individuals on his social media account.District Police Officer (DPO) of Rahim Yar Khan Asad Sarfraz instructed PTI that every one “main suspects” within the temple assault case have been arrested.
An FIR has been registered beneath terrorism and different sections of the Pakistan Penal Code towards over 150 individuals for his or her involvement in attacking the temple, he mentioned.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday pulled up authorities for failing to cease the assault and ordered the arrest of the culprits, observing that the incident has tarnished the picture of the nation overseas.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed mentioned that vandalism on the temple had introduced disgrace to the nation as police acted like silent spectators.
The Chief Justice questioned on the arrest of the eight-year-old boy and requested whether or not police have been incapable of understanding the psychological capability of the minors.
Pakistan’s parliament on Friday condemned the temple assault by adopting a decision. The listening to within the case has been adjourned until August 13.
India on Thursday summoned the Pakistani cost d’affaires in New Delhi and lodged a agency protest, expressing grave considerations at this reprehensible incident and the continued assaults on the liberty of faith of the minority communities and their locations of non secular worship in Pakistan.
Hindus kind the largest minority neighborhood in Pakistan.
According to official estimates, 75 lakh Hindus reside in Pakistan. However, in response to the neighborhood, over 90 lakh Hindus reside within the nation.
The majority of Pakistan’s Hindu inhabitants is settled in Sindh province the place they share tradition, traditions and language with Muslim residents. They typically complain of harassment by extremists.
