Pakistan: Hindu temple damaged in attack returned after repairs

A group of Muslims attacked the temple last week after a court granted a Hindu boy bail in a ‘blasphemy’ case.

A Hindu temple that was badly damaged last week by an angry crowd in central Pakistan has been returned to the Hindu community following repairs to the structure, a government official says. The development on Monday came five days after a group of Muslims attacked the temple in Bhong, a town in eastern Punjab province, damaging statues and burning down the temple’s main door. They were angry that a court had granted bail to an 8-year-old Hindu boy who was accused of “blasphemy” for allegedly desecrating a local religious school.