Man held for attacking Santoshi Mata idol in Hyderabad temple sanctum
A 40-year-old man allegedly threw sticks at the idol inside the garbhagṛha of the Santoshi Mata temple in Dilsukhnagar while priests and devotees were present.
- ThePrint (PTI)
A 40-year-old man allegedly threw sticks at the idol inside the garbhagṛha of the Santoshi Mata temple in Dilsukhnagar while priests and devotees were present. He was booked under the BNS at Chaitanyapuri police station on the temple chairman's complaint, and police said the motive is under investigation.
Union ministers Bandi Sanjay Kumar and G. Kishan Reddy demanded better temple security from the state government.
Why it matters
Temple security is likely to stay a political flashpoint in Telangana before Navarātri.
GK: did you know?
BNS Section 298, on injuring or defiling a place of worship, replaced IPC Section 295.
