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8 Cops Suspended, 45 More Arrested Over Attack on Hindu Temple in Pakistan
Members of Pakistan Hindu Council hold a protest against the attack on a Hindu temple in the northwestern town of Karak, in Karachi on Thursday. (AP/PTI photo)
So far, 100 people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident, the police said, adding that 45 were arrested on Sunday.
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Eight police officials in Pakistan were suspended on Sunday for dereliction of duty after a Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party in the country s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. So far, 100 people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident, the police said, adding that 45 were arrested on Sunday.
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CJ takes notice of Hindu temple desecration as police make arrests
Supreme Court to take up case on Jan 5; the cleric who instigates attack belongs to JUI-F
Resentful local residents attacked a Hindu temple in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa s Karak district on December 30, 2020. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed will take up the desecration of a Hindu shrine/temple in Karak district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) by a mob as police on Thursday rounded up dozens of suspects – including the cleric who had instigated the attack.
The top judge also directed the One Man Commission on Minorities Rights, the provincial chief secretary and police chief to visit the site and submit a report on the incident, according to a statement issued by the apex court.