Temples get a week to install cameras
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Police serve notices on religious establishments that do not have functioning CCTV surveillance
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Police serve notices on religious establishments that do not have functioning CCTV surveillance
Incidents like digging for ancient hidden treasures or breaking into temples for money and jewellery donated by devotees have constituted the bulk of the attacks on temples in Anantapur and Kurnool districts.
Police teams have been keeping a tighter vigil at the majority of vulnerable religious structures, but as it was not a lasting solution, a quick survey of religious structures was conducted in both districts to assess the functioning of CCTV cameras.
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 7 (ANI): Heavy police deployment was made at Ramatheertham in Andhra Pradesh s Vizianagaram district on Thursday to quell possible protests in connection with the desecration of idols in the state.
Over the last few days, several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders including General Secretary P Vishnuvardhan Reddy, party president Somu Veerraj, Nagothu Ramesh, Bhanuprakash Reddy and Member of Parliament GVL Narasimha Rao were detained by the police while they were protesting.
On Monday, state Endowments Minister Vellampalli Srinivasa Rao had urged BJP leaders to withdraw their proposed rally at Ramateertham as an investigation was underway to look into the incident and announced that a new idol would be installed there.