"A clash broke out between two groups in Atarwal village of Jalgaon district after a statue was vandalised by unidentified people," Jalgaon SP M Rajkumar said on Saturday.
Members of the Indian diaspora gathered outside the Indian consulate in San Francisco on Saturday to show solidarity after the consulate was vandalised by extremist and separatist elements last week.
After the Indian High Commission in the United Kingdom (UK) got vandalised by separatist and extremist elements on March 19, the High Commissioner of India to the UK Vikram Doraiswami held a meeting with the members of the Indian community who had concerns regarding the incident.
Australian High Commissioner Barry O'Farrell added that the Khalistan Referendum stands on no legal grounds in Australia as his country has an "unwavering respect" for India's sovereignty.
Temple President Satinder Shukla told The Australia Today, "Temple Priest and devotees called this morning and notified me about the vandalism on the boundary wall of our temple."
"ABVP members kept Shivaji's portrait at the JNUSU office, for which permission was needed from JNUSU delegation. Despite that, they did it illegally. Other students came there and removed all portraits for screening programme due to which fight broke out between two groups," NSUI said.
Deputy Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman, Superintendent of Police Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, and Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad Thakurgaon District General Secretary Prabir Kumar Gupta, who went on the spot, said nine idols in the Sindurpindi area of Dhantala union, four in Collegepara
The Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Australia's Carrum Downs has been vandalised with anti-Hindu graffiti. This has left Australia's Indian-Australian community in shock, The Australia Today reported.