Author: Our Correspondent
Publication: The News
Date: June 10, 2010
URL: http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=244057
The representatives of Pakistan Hindu Council
(PHC), while demanding probe into the desecration of the statues of the Hindu
gods at Tharparkar temple, have appealed to the government to expose the elements
that have been targeting the minority community.
According to them, a resident of the area
barged into the Saint Nenuram's Aasharam temple in Islamkot, Tharparkar, on
Sunday (June 6) and desecrated the statues of Hindu gods and goddess. The
said man has been lodged in the jail but no investigation to this effect was
being carried out.
Addressing a press conference at the Karachi
Press Club, Patron PHC Ramesh Kumar Vankwani said that Hindus constitute 55
per cent of the total population in Tharparkar and they have always been living
in harmony with their Muslim brothers. "But some dangerous elements have
been trying to sabotage the peace between the people of the two faiths and
the said incident has deeply offended the Hindu community throughout the country,"
he added.
Vankwani said that the violent incidents against
the community have increased and the community was feeling threatened. "Every
month, some 20 to 25 kidnappings are taking place in the province, while several
places of our worship, including 10 to 12 temples in Karachi, have been illegally
occupied. Similarly, our temple in Manora has been occupied by the Navy for
the last two years and we are yet to get its custody," he added.
