Police in Saharanpur said Wednesday that they have registered a FIR against eight people who demolished a recently renovated public toilet complex at the state-run roadways bus stand in the town’s Sadar area.
The group of men who demolished the toilet complex are said to be right-wing activists.
The men who chanted "Jai Shri Ram", were upset over a toilet complex being close to a temple.
A case has been registered against 7 to 8 people in Sadar police station after videos of the incident went viral on social media.
"An FIR has been registered against a few persons who were accused of demolishing a public toilet. Investigation is underway," said circle officer BP Tripathi.
In the videos, posted by some people on social media, a group of men are seen demolishing a recently renovated public toilet inside a roadways bus stand. They used iron rods, hammers to demolish the structure and raised religious slogans.
Sources said a few activists of the same group had warned the roadways officials two days before to remove the toilet constructed near a temple and had claimed that if it wasn't done, they would do so themselves.
{{/usCountry}}Sources said a few activists of the same group had warned the roadways officials two days before to remove the toilet constructed near a temple and had claimed that if it wasn't done, they would do so themselves.
{{/usCountry}}Bimla, the caretaker of the toilet complex, claimed that urinals had been there for decades, and nobody objected to it ever. She said that a drain flows between the wall of the temple and toilet complex and it was wrong to say that it was next to the temple wall.