Bureau Report
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police on Saturday arrested four men for shattering an ancient Buddha statue found during construction work in the province’s Takhtbhai area of Mardan.
Earlier in the day, videos surfaced on social media showing a man breaking with a hammer a life-sized statue of Buddha, parts of which were still embedded underground. Other men can be seen looking on as the statue is being destroyed. Doctor Abdul Samad, KP director archaeology and museums, termed the destruction of the statue a “crime” and said “disrespecting any religion is intolerable”. KP police later tweeted that the suspects had been traced and arrested while pieces of the broken statue were also recovered.
