"There is a deep-rooted conspiracy to disturb peace in Jammu region by desecrating the temples. The authorities must identify the real culprits and punish them accordingly," former state president of VHP, Leela Karan Sharma said.
He said the two "sacrilegious" incidents within a period of 36 hours cannot be a coincidence, as he asked the authorities to expose the greater conspiracy aimed at disturbing peace in Jammu region.
"It should be probed who gave drugs to that man and asked him to go and vandalise the temple," Sharma said.
Various Sikh organisations have also come forward and condemned the recent incidents of desecration of temples in Jammu.
"Jammu is a city of temples and people of all faiths have been co-existing here for centuries. The people who hurt the sentiments of others do not represent any religion.
"If there is a deep-rooted conspiracy to destabilise peace in the region, government must expose them," president of Guru Manyo Granth Society, Jasdeep Singh said.
Condemning the two incidents, Chairman of the Jammu and
Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) Harsh Dev Singh has demanded that the government conduct a thorough probe and punish the culprits.
"We must maintain peace and harmony in the region as there are some forces which are hell-bent to disturb peace here. We must unite to foil their nefarious designs but also force the authorities to identify the real culprits and bring them to book," he said.
"The decision to snap the mobile Internet services was taken to stop rumour mongering in the region and to control any flare-up in the situation in wake of the two incidents of desecration of temples," Deputy Commissioner (DC) Jammu, Simrandeep Singh told
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