Dozens arrested for Karak temple attack

More than 31 suspects have been detained in connection with a mob attack on a Hindu temple in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

JUI-F district leader Maulana Mirza Aqeem is nominated in the FIR.

According to police, raids were being conducted to arrest all those involved in the violence.

The arrests came a day an angry mob set ablaze the shrine of a Hindu saint in Karak.

Video clips showed hordes of people breaking and desecrating the site while chanting slogans.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed took suo-motu notice of the incident after a meeting with Pakistan Hindu Council chief patron Dr Ramesh Kumar.

The case will be heard in the apex court on January 5.

The top court has also sought a report from the National Commission of Minorities as well as the police chief and chief secretary of the northwestern province by January 4.