St. Anthony’s statue at a church in Chikkaballapur district(Karnataka:), around 65 km from Bengaluru. Vandalized by unidentified attackers on Thursday, police said. The glass windows of the church also broken by the miscreants.
A first information report (FIR) registered by Chikkaballapur rural police station. Against unknown persons for vandalizing St Anthony’s statue at the church.
The complaint stated that a large stone found inside the 150-year-old church where the statue kept.
The police have initiated an investigation into the matter.
It is worth mentioning that the incident of vandalism comes on the day when the Karnataka:. Assembly is debating the anti-conversion bill.
The anti-conversion bill tabled by Karnataka law minister JC Madhuswamy, who the bill was first formulated in 206 when the Congress government headed by CM Siddaramaiah.
Significantly, the incident of vandalism took place on a day when the debate on the Anti-Conversion Bill. Is going on in the Karnataka Assembly.
The anti-conversion bill introduced by Karnataka Law Minister JC Madhuswamy. Who said the bill was first drafted in 206 when there was a Congress government led by CM Siddaramaiah. The Law Minister said that now the same bill introduced after investigation.
there have been disturbances in Christian prayer meetings in different parts of Karnataka. A new bill introduced in the ongoing session of the state assembly in Belagavi, called the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill.
The government says the bill is aimed at preventing forced conversions, but critics say it is targeting minorities in the state and is harsher than similar bills in other BJP-ruled states.