KARACHI:In yet another incident of vandalism against places of worship of the Hindu community in Pakistan, the statues of deities at Shri Mari Maata in Karachi’s Korangi area came under attack on Wednesday.
The Shri Mari Maata Mandir is located in “J” area within the limits of Korangi police station. After getting information, the police reached the area and inspected the temple and inquired about the incident.
The incident caused panic and fear among the Hindu community living in Karachi, particularly in Korangi area where police were deployed to avoid any untoward incident.
Sanjeev, a Hindu resident of the area, told The Express Tribune that six to eight individuals on motorcycles came into the area and attacked the temple. “We don’t know who has attacked and why,” he said, adding that the police were approached to lodge the case.
“Five to six unknown suspects entered the temple and escaped after vandalising it,” Korangi SHO Farooq Sanjrani confirmed. He added that the case was being registered against the unknown suspects who attacked the temple.
In August, dozens of people reportedly vandalised a Hindu temple in the town of Bhong and blocked the Sukkur-Multan Motorway after an eight-year-old Hindu boy, who allegedly urinated in a local seminary, was granted bail by a local court.
The boy, Bhavish Kumar Meghwar, had accidentally entered a seminary in Bhong on July 24. Local cleric Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim berated the eight-year-old boy and reportedly, Meghwar urinated out of fear of the cleric’s anger.
The boy then ran away and hid before the cleric could catch him.
The next day, the cleric went to Bhong’s police station and registered an FIR against the boy. Since the boy was only eight, the FIR was lodged against an unknown person. The police presented Meghwar in court a few days later, where he was granted bail.
Following the court’s decision, a mob of young men gathered and vandalised the Shree Ganesh Hindu temple in the town.
(Sameer Mandhro:The Express Tribune:)
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Cant see Amnesty, Human Rights Watch or any Hindu organisation protesting or raising tbe issue so far , can you ?
Pathetic attempt by miscreants to vandalise our temple and I have no doubt Mari Maata will punish the culprits as it is doubtful whether the locals or police would intervene. As in Ayodhya Shri Ram Mandir proponents of fundamentalist attitudes against other peaceful religions are always defeated