Australia Police launch pictures of suspect who vandalised Hindu temple in Sydney

By India Today News Desk: Days after the BAPS Swaminarayan temple in Western Sydney was vandalised, Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) police on Saturday launched pictures of the accused. With this, they’re trying to find most of the people’s help to catch keep of the culprits behind the act that occurred inside the Rosehill suburb.

The culprits allegedly vandalised the temple last week by spray painting some graffiti on its entrance. According to The Australia Today, police probe revealed that the incident occurred between 1-2 am on May 5. After the vandalism incident, a ‘Khalistan flag’ was moreover seen hanging on the temple’s gate.

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The image launched by the police is from the day of the incident. It reveals an individual standing inside the neighborhood of the temple, carrying dark-coloured clothes, a beanie and a face masks.

Apart from the accused, the police moreover launched an image of a automotive that was observed on the Virginia Street on May 5 morning. Police think about the passengers contained within the automotive may help with the probe, an ANI report talked about.

Police is working intently with residents of western Sydney to catch keep of the culprits, talked about Cumberland Commander, Superintendent Sheridan Waldau talked about.

“Local community can be crucial to the investigation as they can help the police with the investigation. However, any information received from them will be strictly confidential,” the The Austrailia Today report quoted the police as saying.

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After the incident, the BAPS Swaminarayan temple launched a press launch saying they’d been “deeply saddened” and “disheartened”.

“For the last 23 years, the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir has been a cornerstone of the local community and a prominent Hindu Temple which, like all BAPS temples worldwide, is an abode of peace and harmony, equality, selfless service and universal Hindu values,” the assertion study.

The temple moreover appealed to its devotees and group members to handle peace.