A place of worship was allegedly vandalised by unidentified people in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, triggering protests on Sunday ꦗby locals belongin🐓g to both the Hindu and Muslim communities, officials said.
The place of worship was found vandalised by a visitor in a villa🐲ge in the Dharꦆmari area on Saturday evening, sparking tension and spontaneous protests, with the protesters demanding that the culprits be identified and punished.
A place of worship was allegedly vandalised by unidentified people in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, triggering protests on Sunday ꦗby locals belongin🐓g to both the Hindu and Muslim communities, officials said.
Deputy Commissi♑oner Vishesh Paul Mahajan said police have taken cognisance of the incident and assured the protesters that stern action will be taken against the culprits.
The place of worship was found vandalised by a visitor in a village in the Dharmari area on Saturday evening, sparking ten༺sion and spontaneous protests, with the protesters demanding that the culprits be identified💦 and punished.
Members of both the Hindu and Muslim communities jointly staged the protests and said such incidents are a deliberate attempt to cr✅eate a rift among them to harm the age-old brotherhood in the d♏istrict.
The protesters blocked the main road in the district by burning tyres and staging a sit-in, the officials said, a🔜dding that they dispersed peacefully after senior police officers told them that an FIR has been registered and efforts are on 💯to nab the culprits.
"Anyone trying to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere will not be spared. It is an attempt to creat🀅e hurdles and sabotage developmental activities, besides communal harmony.
"This is my guarantee.... We will not tolerate any atꦺtempt to damage peace in the district," the deputy commissioner said.