Clashes in Bihar over temple demolition for road widening
Clashes took place between police and locals in Patna, Bihar, over the demolition of a temple by the administration for road widening. The mob set on fire police vehicle and pelted stones on the authorities for attempting to demolish the temple. After dispersing the crowd by firing in the air, the police demolished the temple and the situation remains tensed.
Violent clashes took place between police and locals in Patna City area after the district administration demolished a temple for widening of road. The Bihar government is at the moment working on a war footing for constructing new roads and widening of old road ahead of the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh to be celebrated in the first week of January next year.People from the Sikh community from across the world are expected to be thronging to Patna City for the mega event.The Patna administration, which had been trying to demolish the temple for a long time, had served several notices to the temple authorities but to no avail. Left with no choice, the administration, fully backed by police personnel today reached the spot where the temple was located and an attempt to demolish the temple was made that faced stiff resistance from the locals. 