VADODARA: A

doctor

in Karjan was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly throwing a plastic bag containing human excreta near the wall of a temple in Karjan town. The doctor, Asif Khan Pathan, was booked at Karjan police station on Tuesday for defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion.

Police said that Pathan who lives near the temple had thrown the plastic bag near the temple as a heap of garbage remains piled up at the location. During interrogation, he told police that on August 17 when he was passing by the temple, he threw the bag towards the garbage heap, but instead of falling directly in the heap, it hit the walls of temple.

Some locals who saw Pathan’s act checked the plastic bag and when they found that it contained human excreta, they created an uproar. The complainant Mohan Agrawal and few others including Jayendrasinh Gohil, Jayendrasinh Parmar, Amit Sheth, Bharat Valand and Mehul Thakarda went to Pathan’s house to confront with him about throwing of plastic bag. “The group and Pathan got into altercation as they alleged that he intentionally threw the plastic bag at the temple’s wall,” said a police official, adding, as the arguments got heated Pathan said, in the heat of the moment, that next time he will

a plastic bag containing human excreta inside the temple.

Agrawal then filed a formal complaint with Karjan police based on which an offence was registered.