Hindu temple vandalised by unidentified folks in Pakistan’s Karachi metropolis

A Hindu temple has been vandalised by a gaggle of unidentified folks in Pakistan’s southern port metropolis of Karachi, the most recent incident of vandalism towards the locations of worship of the minority group within the nation.

The assault on Shri Mari Maata Mandir in “J” space throughout the limits of Korangi police station in Karachi has precipitated panic and concern among the many Hindu group within the space the place police have been deployed to keep away from any untoward incident, police mentioned.

According to an FIR registered on the Korangi police station, 5 males on bikes stopped by the temple late on Wednesday evening and inquired concerning the whereabouts of the caretaker, Dawn newspaper reported.

When two employees who have been portray the partitions contained in the temple advised the boys that the caretaker wasn’t obtainable, the suspects began pelting stones at an idol, the complainant, Sanjeev Kumar, was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

“They also threatened the workers and then fled from the crime scene,” he mentioned. “We don’t know who has attacked and why.”

After getting data, the police reached the world and inspected the temple and inquired concerning the incident.

Korangi Senior Superintendent of Police Faisal Bashir Memon mentioned that the temple was situated inside a corridor of a home within the space and renovation work was underway there.

A case towards the miscreants has been registered beneath totally different sections of the Pakistan Penal Code, he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

The police are additional attempting to acquire CCTV footage of the world to arrest the suspects as quickly as potential, Memon added.

Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh on Law and Karachi Administrator, tweeted a scan of the felony criticism, promising that the “culprits will be brought to justice”.

“The damage caused to the Mandir will also be repaired,” tweeted Siddiqui, who can be the spokesman for the Sindh Government.

Temples belonging to the minority Hindu inhabitants in Pakistan are sometimes the goal of mob violence.

In October, a historic temple situated on the financial institution of the Indus River in Kotri was allegedly desecrated by unidentified folks.

In August, dozens of individuals reportedly vandalised a Hindu temple within the city of Bhong and blocked the Sukkur-Multan Motorway after an eight-year-old Hindu boy, who allegedly urinated in a neighborhood seminary, was granted bail by a neighborhood court docket.

Following the court docket’s resolution, a mob of younger males gathered and vandalised the Shree Ganesh Hindu temple within the city.

In December 2020, a century-old temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district was vandalised by a mob. The then Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed ordered authorities to reconstruct the temple. He later inaugurated the refurbished temple throughout the Diwali celebrations.

According to a report by the Centre for Peace and Justice Pakistan, the Muslim-majority nation is residence to 22,10,566 folks from the minority Hindu group, comprising just one.18 cent of the full registered inhabitants of 18,68,90,601.

The report, primarily based on knowledge collected from National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), mentioned that minorities constituted lower than 5 per cent of the full inhabitants of Pakistan, with Hindus being the biggest minority group.

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.