At least 50 people held, 150 booked in Pakistan for attack on Hindu temple
A mob attacked the temple at Bhong city of Rahim Yar Khan district in protest against releasing an eight-year-old Hindu boy who was arrested for allegedly urinating in a local seminary.
FollowOn Saturday, Pakistan's law enforcement agencies arrested over 50 people allegedly involved in an attack on a Hindu temple in the Punjab province. The arrests came a day after the Supreme Court rebuked the authorities for their failure to protect the shrine. Earlier, the police also booked 150 people in connection with the attack.
A mob attacked the temple at Bhong city of Rahim Yar Khan district in protest against releasing an eight-year-old Hindu boy who was arrested for allegedly urinating in a local seminary.
Taking to Twitter, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said: "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."
He also shared the photographs of some of the arrested people on his social media account.
An FIR has been registered under terrorism and other sections of the Pakistan Penal Code against the arrested people for attacking the temple.
On Friday, Pakistan's Supreme Court pulled up authorities for failing to stop the attack and ordered the arrest of the culprits. It also said that the incident had tarnished the image of the country abroad.
The hearing in the case has been adjourned till August 13.
On Thursday, India summoned the Pakistani charge d'affaires in New Delhi. It expressed concerns over the incident.
