A Hindu temple in Pakistan’s Sindh province was vandalised by an angry mob that also attempted to attack over 300 Hindu families, but were stopped by Muslims from entering the century-old neighbourhood, a media report said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Sunday in Sheetal Das compound, housing 300 Hindu and 30 Muslim families.
Residents of the neighbourhood said that scores of men had assembled outside the compound’s only gate and many of them intended to attack the Hindu families.
However, the Muslim families, residing in and around the compound, were quick to reach the gate and stop the mob from entering the area.
“Police, too, reached the spot within a few minutes after they were informed,” a Hindu man, requesting anonymity, told The Express Tribune.
Another Hindu man said: “Some of the angry men had managed to reach the temple and tried to vandalise it”.