BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday raised serious concerns and slammed the Kolkata Police over an alleged incident at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, where a group reportedly threatened to vandalise the idol of Maa Durga if the rituals were not stopped.
While addressing a weekly media briefing on Thursday, Jaiswal said that India expects the local authorities to take swift and strong action against those behind the act.
Visuals emerged this morning from the Reasi bus stand where people were seen burning down tyres and protesting on the streets. The Reasi police has so far detained 12 suspects in connection with the vandalisation of a religious place in the Dharmadi area in Reasi
Sharing the details, SSP Reasi conveyed that around 12 suspects were rounded up and apprehended in the case till now for questioning and further investigation in the case is underway.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday alleged that some "unknown miscreants" vandalised his Delhi residence with black ink.
Indian ambassador to Italy, Vani Rao said that the incident of vandalism to Mahatma Gandhi's bust occurred in Brindisi, a town in southern Italy, adding that the local Italian authorities have since taken action to clean up the bust.
"We have seen the reports of that and we have taken it up with the Italian authorities. We understand that a suitable rectification has already taken place," Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Wednesday at a special briefing responding to questions.
The accused persons were identified as Sambhu Das, Debasish Sarkar, Shambhu Mahato, Shymal Baidya and Rajib Basak, all residents of Shivmandir and Bhaktinagar area of Siliguri.
Taking to his social media handle on X, Yediyurappa posted, "The heinous act of tearing Prabhu Sri Rama's banner at Kolar as nation anticipates holy Sri Ram Mandirs consecration is a reflection of barbaric mindset nourished by radical ideology. This disturbing trend underscores the Congress