Mosque vandalised in Gorakhpur village

Tension gripped the village of Kona Sonbarsa in Gorakhpur district on Friday after a mosque was discovered vandaliesd. No one has been arrested to this point.
The incident got here to gentle when a villager, recognized as Usman Ali, went to the mosque to supply morning prayers. He knowledgeable others concerning the incident. As information of the vandalism unfold, folks assembled exterior the mosque.
Several police groups went to the spot to maintain the scenario beneath management. “We found that someone had removed the mike from the holder and kept it on the floor. When we fixed the mike found it was working. Few religious books were found burnt,” stated Additional Superintendent of Police (North) Manoj Kumar Awasthi.

The police have filed a case towards unidentified folks on the Jhangha police station based mostly on a criticism by a villager recognized as Jawed Ansari. The case has been registered beneath IPC sections 452 (house-trespass) 427(inflicting mischief and harm) and 295 (defiling place of worship with intent to insult the faith of any class), stated the police.
The police have been deployed to the village to stop any untoward incident.