Two letters threatening to explode a Ram temple in Karnataka have been found throughout the temple premises, authorities mentioned on Saturday. The letter, bearing the phrase ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is larger), threatened large-scale bombings on the Ram temple situated in Nippani city of Belagavi district.
The threatening letters, written in Hindi, have been discovered contained in the temple premises on February 7 and 28. Certainly one of them talked about plans for an assault on March 20 and 21.
The primary letter was discovered on the Ram temple on February 7. An analogous letter was found on February 28, positioned at a Hanuman temple, which is reverse to the Ram temple.
The temple administration reported the matter to the Nippani Shahar Police, resulting in heightened safety measures. In response to the risk, as many as 14 CCTV cameras have been put in on the temple premises, and an FIR was lodged.
Anand Sollapurkar, a trustee of the temple, shared the small print of the incident, stating that the threatening letters have been found by the priest, Suresh Deshpande. “The police have been instantly knowledgeable, and acceptable motion has been initiated,” Sollapurkar mentioned.
He additionally mentioned one of many risk letters learn “We’ll destroy the temple, we are going to shoot bullets”.