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Police nab man who placed meat at temple in Coimbatore

May 30, 2020
The Commune

The Coimbatore City Police on Friday arrested the person who placed meat at the entrance of the city’s Venugopala Krishnaswamy Temple. He was booked under Sections 153 A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 295 A ( Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs).

The accused Hari Ramprakash had placed pork meat in front of the Venugopala Krishnaswamy Temple and Sri Ragavendra Temple.

Upon coming to know of meat being strewn around the entrance of the Venugopala Krishnaswamy Temple, Hindu Makkal Katchi had posted on twitter about the incident.

BJP National Secretary too tweeted about the incident saying “the anti-Hindu and bigoted act is strongly condemnable” and that the Tamil Nadu government must take strong action against the perpetrators.

The Coimbatore Police later tweeted that the accused has been arrested and an FIR registered.

“On all matters police will take immediate action. Let’s all be responsible on social media.”, the Coimbatore City Police tweeted.

Replying to the above tweet, the Hindu Makkal Katchi said that disrespect towards temples will be not be tolerated even if it is by a Hindu. “The greatest gift Hinduism gave to this world is the power to disagree and debate, but not disrespect and hate. We thank the CBE city Police for the promt action, and fully support the police.”, Hindu Makkal Katchi tweeted.