AGRA: An unknown person allegedly vandalised lord

in Itmad-ud-Daula, triggering an anxiety in the area.

The incident took place in

, a densely populated area on Tuesday morning. According to police, the miscreant gouged out eye of Hanuman idol.

Mahavir Das, the priest of temple said, “It seems the incident took place in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.”

Udayveer SIngh Malik, station house officer of Itmad-ud-daula said, “Early in the morning residents reported about the vandalised idol. Taking cognizance of sensitive nature of mischief, the idol was replaced by afternoon and a FIR was loged against unknown person under IPC section 153 (Want only giving provocation with intent to cause riot).

“We are trying to find CCTV camera in the area to look the footage of any suspect movement around the temple,” he added.

Earlier too, in

Agra

and neighboring districts like

and

, at least 15 cases of vandalising idols of god/goddess and eminent personality particularly to dalits have been reported.