Updated Dec 24, 2020 · 10:01 pm A screengrab of a group of men wearing ABVP scarfs surrounding the entrance of the temple in Digambar Jain College in Uttar Pradesh. | Deepak John via Twitter.
The administration of Digambar Jain College in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh has accused members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, of threatening to demolish an idol and temple of a Jain goddess installed inside the campus,
The Hindu reported on Thursday.
A widely shared video on social media showed a group of men, wearing saffron scarves with ABVP written on them. The group can be seen at the entrance of the temple even as police personnel tried to reason with them. They can be heard shouting “Vidyarthi Parishad zindabad