A Shiva temple in the Alampur village of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh was attacked on Saturday evening. The Shivling of the temple was found uprooted and desecrated outside the temple leading to a tense situation in the village.

Hindus who are a minority in the village are said to be in fear of more such attacks following the incident. The village have Muslims in majority.

OpIndia news reported that the temple is 40-50 years old and was under attack on Saturday evening. The lock of the temple was found broken with the Shivling uprooted from its original place. The local also informed that the situation was tensed after the villagers found the idol vandalized. However, with the arrival of the police, the situation was brought under control.

Police also have confirmed that there was an attack on the temple and put out a statement saying efforts to restore the Shivling is underway.

After the photos of the incident went viral on social media, SO Amardeep Lal assured that efforts are already being made to resurrect the idol.

Later, Saharanpur police also retweeted on post which reported the incident in the village and assured that situation is now under control and further investigation is underway.

Such attacks on temples are becoming frequent in India. Earlier the Devi Mandir in Dasna was in news for attacking a Muslim boy who supposedly went inside the temple to collect water. The incident was reported by the liberal media as persecution of minorities and human rights violation. However, the other side of the incident brought out Hindu Human rights violation, as the truth of Muslims desecrating the temple, bothering the Hindu women, etc came to light.

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