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4 masked men vandalise Pieta statue on church premises in Punjab's Tarn Taran

Tribune News Service
Updated At : 07:17 PM Aug 31, 2022 IST

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Tarn Taran, August 31 

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Four masked men allegedly vandalised a Pieta statue on the church premises at Thakarpura village in Patti area of this district on Tuesday night and set a car parked there on fire.

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Following the incident, Christians staged a dharna on the Khemkaran road on Wednesday demanding arrest of the miscreants.  

Fr Thomas Poochalil, parish priest, Infant Jesus Catholic Church, Thakarpura village, associated with Jalandhar diocese, in a press release, said unidentified men after taking the security guard hostage on gun-point, vandalised the Pieta statue located in front of the church and set on fire a car parked there. The car belonged to a church administrator. They were raising the slogan ‘We are Khalistanis’, Fr Poochalil said in the press release.

SSP Ranjit Singh Dhillon visited the spot and took stock of the situation. A case has been registered.

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