Amidst the ongoing mosque dispute in Himachal Pradesh, the atmosphere got heated over the breaking of the Shivling installed in the temple in Nagarota Bagwan, a subdivision of Kangra district. According to jagran.com, the local people, including Hindu organizations expressed anger over this incident and demonstrated in Nagarota Bagwan market.
During the demonstration, people became adamant about getting the shops rented by Muslims vacated in the market. There was a lot of debate between the police and the local people regarding the matter of vacating the shops. Before the atmosphere got worse, the situation was handled by the police present on the spot.
After the assurance of vacating these shops by the Muslims themselves, the protesters left from there. A jam-like situation also remained in the market.
According to jagran.com report, about 16 shops have been rented by Muslims here. The people reached outside the mosque located at Gandhi Maidan and tried to go inside to know the activities going on inside the mosque, but the police stopped people from doing so there as well.
Later, the people gathered and recited Hanuman Chalisa in Gandhi Maidan. The angry crowd said in clear words that wrong activities will not be tolerated in the city, and the Muslim people who have rented shops here should vacate them immediately.
On receiving the information of the entire incident, Tourism Corporation Chairman and Nagarota Bagwan MLA RS Bali also reached the spot and took stock of the situation.
Shivling in a Shiva temple located near Gandhi Maidan in Nagarota Bagwan was broken by some unknown people, reports jagran.com. Soon after people got informed about the incident on Friday morning, the atmosphere there became tense. During the incident, SP Kangra Shalini Agnihotri and SDM Nagarota Bagwan Munish Sharma were also present.