Overview
- The late-night incident involved tearing a flex banner and partially damaging a small POP idol in the temple verandah, with police clarifying the sanctum and main idol were untouched.
- Following the vandalism, a crowd of roughly 300 people vandalised a nearby dargah, torched a two-wheeler, damaged vehicles, and pelted stones, injuring four police personnel.
- Two separate FIRs were registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act covering the temple damage and the subsequent mob violence.
- Police dispersed the crowd with a lathi charge, deployed additional contingents including RAF, intensified patrolling, and conducted a flag march as they reported the situation under control.
- Leaders including AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi and the BJP’s N. Ramchander Rao visited the site, with Owaisi urging firm action and the BJP alleging a pattern of temple desecrations and seeking a probe.