A near total bandh was observed in Udham Singh Nagar’s Kashipur on Monday as the members of different social organisations convened the shutdown protesting against damage done to the idol in a religious place in the same area on Saturday night. The agitating members sounded outraged over such act of religious intolerance and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits who were behind this incident.
As per the preliminary investigation done by Udham Singh Nagar police, the miscreants had damaged the idol after robbing the temple of cash and jewellery. All the markets remained closed in Kashipur on Monday in response to the shutdown call. With Vaishakhi a day away, the markets remaining shuttered landed the people in trouble.
Meanwhile, Udham Singh Nagar district police have deployed police force in the area where tension prevails by way of precautionary measures. Efforts are on to arrest the miscreants, Udham Singh Nagar police said. At the same time, Udham Singh Nagar district police have appealed to the people of Kashipur to maintain peace, calm and harmony in the society. The protests were reported from Udham Singh Nagar’s Rudrapur area too where a school was allegedly ‘desecrated’ on Sunday. They demanded immediate arrest of those responsible.