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  Last updated on: December 31, 2020 19:06 IST
  Pakistani police have arrested over 30 people, most of them belonging to a radical Islamist party, after a Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob protesting its renovation in northwest Pakistan.
  IMAGE: This photograph of Gorakhnath temple in Khyber Pakhtunwa is used only for representational purpose. Photograph: Courtesy Wikimedia Commons
  A central leader of radical Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, Rehmat Salam Khattak, is among those arrested in police raids following the attack on Terri temple and Samadhi of Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj in Karak area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, police said.
  Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri termed the destruction of the temple against the teaching of Islam.
  He said that the constitution of the country ensures protection of religious places of minorities.
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