Islamabad / New Delhi: A man associated with the extremist religious group was arrested in Lahore on Tuesday because it harmed the statue of the leader of Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore’s fort.
Police Lahore said that the suspect, identified as Rizwan, was arrested by hours after he damaged the statue.
Police confirmed he was a follower of Tehreek-i-Labbaik which was banned (TLP), an ultra-conservative Islamic group known for massive protests in opposing any changes in Pakistani blasphemy law.
“The accusation of damaging the statue with a hammer, which has recovered from it,” said Senior Police officer Lahore Ghulam Muhammad Dogar, added that decisive action would be taken.
New Delhi condemned vandalization.
“The incidence of violence against the minority community, including attacks in their place of worship, their cultural heritage, and their personal property, increased at a worry rate.
Just 12 days ago the masses attacked and tarnished a Hindu Temple of Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan,” said MEA spokesman in New Delhi, added, “Pakistani states really failed in their duties to prevent such attacks.
This creates a fear climate for the minority community to practice their faith.” Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Tweeted, “Vandalism in Lahore The Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji statue, the Great Unifier of India, must be very cursed.
This action, which seeks to remove the history of children continent together, shows how extremist ideology feels brave in our volatile environment.
“In a video distributed on social media, the defendant can Seen to damage the statue and singing “Labbaik ya rasool-god (here I am ready to serve you, o Messe NGER of God) “.
Visitors pushed him before he could damage the statue further.
This is the third time the statue was damaged because it was launched in Fort Lahore on June 28, 2019, the 180th Emperor’s birthday.
Located in Mai Jindan Haveli, named Ranjit Singh’s youngest queen.
In December 2020, a young man had violated the arm of the statue of Maharaja, while two men had attacked him with a wooden stem in August 2019.
The Sikh Heritage Foundation, led by Sikh historian, writer and filmmaker Bobby Singh Bansal, has funded the Singh Bansal project, has funded The Singh Bansal project, has funded the project.
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The statue was carved by local artists under the Aegis Museum of Fakir Khana.
It took eight months to complete the eight-foot Maharaja statue sitting on his favorite horse, Kahar Bahar, who was talented to him by Amir Dost Muhammad Khan, at that time an Afghan ruler.
(With Delhi Bureau Input)