TIL Desk/World/Peshawar/ After angry mob in Pakistans Khyber Pukhtunkhwa provinces Karak district, attacked and vandalized the shrine of a Hindu saint in Terri area of Karak; Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) government has announced reconstruction of the Hindu temple, along with launching a crackdown against the attackers.
Chief Minister Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) Mahmood Khan has issued instructions to relevant authorities to ensure reconstruction of the Hindu temple, while police authorities have arrested at least 45 people, including three notable clerics, who were nominated. Among the nominated religious clerics, a local leader of religious political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Rehman Salam Khattak, has also been arrested.
Angry and violent protesters attacked and set a blaze the Samadhi of Shri Paramhansji Maharaj on Wednesday over dispute over its expansion. As per the police authorities, Rehman Salam Khattak of JUI-F had participated in a meeting before the attack on the shrine. However, the plan to attack the shrine was decided and ordered by local clerics Maulana Mohammad Sharif and Maulana Faizullah. Police officials have been searching dozens of houses to arrest the people involved in the attack.
