The Sindh police have tightened the security around Hindu temples across the province after the community’s temples in Karachi and Kashmore came under attack.Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon directed the deployment of around 400 policemen for two months around Hindu temples across the province on Monday.
Memon asked for the Hindu community’s cooperation while saying that the protection of the community was the “responsibility of the police”.
The move comes after a Hindu temple was attacked by dacoits from the riverine area in the Kashmore district.Earlier, media reports said that a “150-year-old temple” had been demolished near the Soldier Bazaar area in Karachi. They claimed that the whole event happened when the area was in the darkness during load-shedding hours and the police had allegedly supervised the whole act.
The attacks have been linked to a woman named Seema Haider, who left Pakistan and entered India to marry her Indian lover whom she met online while playing the combat and survival mobile game, PUBG.
A BBC Urdu report said that the threats in question were first issued by Rano Shar, a dacoit from Ghotki, while threats were also issued by other dacoits about possible attacks in Karampur and Ghauspur as well.In a video, Shar demanded that Seema must be brought back to Pakistan or Hindus living in Pakistan would be “responsible for their own safety”. He also warned of “bombing” the community’s place of worship if the aforementioned woman was not brought back.
