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Pakistani man caught attacking Gurdwara in England on CCTV arrested

| @indiablooms | May 26, 2020, at 02:03 pm

Derby/New Delhi/IBNS: A man of Pakistani origin, who on Monday vandalised a Gurdwara in the English city of Derby on Monday, has been arrested, media reports said.

The man has allegedly caused damages worth thousands of pounds at the Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara which is around 200 km from England's capital city London.

A CCTV footage also shown the arrested man was breaking the windows of Gurdwara. 

An investigation has also been launched by police.

As per a communique received by New Delhi, the man also left a note on Kashmir, which has been the bone of contention between India and Pakistan since 1947 which marked the end of the British rule in India.

"When the attack took place, it was time of kirtan (prayer) but due to lockdown, no one was in the gurdwara," a government official told NDTV.

A statement issued by the Gurdwara read, "This morning at 6 am an individual entered the Gurdwara premises causing thousands of pounds of damage... We can confirm that no individuals were injured and that the clean-up process has begun." 

Jammu and Kashmir, the former Indian state which was turned into an union territory in August last year after the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir, is a bone of contention between the two nuclear armed nations- India and Pakistan.

Pakistan is going all out to raise the Kashmir issue internationally since India's abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A (special powers to former Jammu and Kashmir state) , often seeking the help of its all-weather ally China.

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