Pakistan: Hindu temple desecrated, idols destroyed in Karachi

The statues of deities at a Hindu temple in this Pakistani city have been destroyed, the police said on Tuesday.

The statues of deities at a Hindu temple in this Pakistani city have been destroyed, the police said on Tuesday, the latest incident of vandalism against the places of worship of the minority community in this country.

The incident took place at the Narayan Mandir in Karachi’s old city of Narainpura on Monday evening, they said. A man, identified as Muhammad Waleed Shabbir, has been arrested for damaging the statues of the deities, a senior police officer official, Sarfaraz Nawaz, said.