“Haryana: Lord Hanuman idol installed on Panchayat land demolished in Karnal, people from other community were threatening to remove it”, Opindia, October 14, 2023:

“An idol of Lord Hanuman that had been placed in the Panchayat land in Shamgarh hamlet of Haryana’s Karnal was demolished in the night by mischievous individuals and the pieces were tossed into the adjoining pond. The aftermath of the anti-Hindu occurrence has left the village’s atmosphere tense.

The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sonu Narwal, arrived at the location along with the cops. They carried out a 2 two-hour search and pulled the idol’s broken pieces out of the pond. A local named Rajpal Babli said that he found that the diety’s idol was completely smashed and some of its pieces were missing after he arrived at the spot on the morning of 14 October. After that, the authorities were notified.

The villagers present at the location mentioned that the land belonged to the Panchayat, but people of the other community have encroached on the place. The matter is presently underway in court. Villagers said that they placed the deity there for worship a while back because it is Panchayat property…..”

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