Hyderabad: Hindu organisations give bandh call protesting Shamshabad temple vandalism

The activists have urged the local people to voluntarily observe bandh to stress their demand for arrest of those responsible for damaging idols of deities.

Hyderabad: Various Hindu organisations have given a bandh call in Shamshabad municipality for Wednesday in protest against the vandalism at a temple in Airport colony Shamshabad. The activists have urged the local people to voluntarily observe bandh to stress their demand for arrest of those responsible for damaging idols of deities.

Meanwhile, workers belonging to a few Hindu organisations on Tuesday burnt effigy of the ‘terrorist’ at Shamshabad bus stand. They later squatted on the road demanding the police arrest the ‘real culprits’ and unravel the conspiracy behind the continuous attacks on the temples in the city.

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The protestors raised slogans against the government for failing to stop the attacks on the temples in the State and wanted an impartial investigation into the continuing attacks.

The police later pacified and dispersed the gathering that blocked the road.

The police are gearing up for the Shamshabad municipality bandh to be observed on Wednesday. Additional forces are being sent to Shamshabad police station and RGI Airport police station for the bandobast arrangements.