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On 29 December, Sajin, with a group of peers, allegedly vandalized the temple, damaged the wall of the complex. According to police sources, during interrogation, Sajin claimed that a Christian priest told him that the temple was the residence of Satan and it should be destroyed. The most recent attack took place at around 11 pm on January 1, when Sajin and five others allegedly entered the temple and broke the sculptures. Hearing the noise, the villagers rushed to the spot, which ran the group.
Statues were found fragmented for the third time at a temple in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, villagers alleged that a Christian priest’s remarks against the temple instigated the attacks. The first incident of vandalism was reported on 25 December, when a man named Sajin broke the main statue of the Iskakiaman temple in Thottuthovili near Viennur. He was arrested after a police complaint but was later released on bail.
However, on December 29, Sajin, with a group of peers, allegedly vandalized the temple, damaged the wall of the complex. According to police sources, during interrogation, Sajin claimed that a Christian priest told him that the temple was the residence of Satan and it should be destroyed. The most recent attack took place at around 11 pm on January 1, when Sajin and five others allegedly entered the temple and broke the sculptures. Hearing the noise, the villagers rushed to the spot, which ran the group.
Repeated vandalism attracted widespread attention after the video of the temple broken on social media was widely shared.
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