KARAK: Eight police personnel, including Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Station House Officer (SHO) and six other police officials have been suspended for failing to stop an attack on a Hindu temple in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
DIG Kohat Tayyab Hafeez Cheema suspended the personnel. DSP Sher Afzal and SHO Rehmat Wazir were suspended for negligence to control the mob and avert the vandalism of the Hindu temple.
The Krishna Dwara temple is situated in Karak’s Teri union council. It came under attack by hundreds of residents led by cleric Maulana Muhammad Sharif, police said on December 30.
Police said the next day that they have arrested 31 people. IG Sanaullah Abbasi told reporters in Karak that at least 300 people have been nominated in the FIR. Of them, 31 have been arrested while others are being identified with the help of the video footage.
