Bangalore: Unidentified persons damaged two statues of Jesus and Mary besides breaking the window panes of a church in Anekal taluk in Bangalore on Thursday, police said.
"The incident occurred in the wee hours. The miscreants broke the window panes of SFS church and also damaged the statues of Infant Jesus and Mother Mary on the roadside just outside the church", police said.
Karnataka Home Minister VS Acharya described it as a "minor incident" and said the case would be investigated.
Opposition Congress in Karnataka condemned the attack on the church and demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government bring to book the culprits and instill confidence among minorities.
"People belonging to minorities and weaker sections are in a grip of fear in the state after the BJP government came to power," KPCC President R V Deshpande and Working President DK Shivakumar said .
They demanded that Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa take steps to instill confidence among minorities and weaker sections, identify the culprits responsible for the attack and punish them.
Deshpande urged the government to order a Corps of Detectives (COD) probe into the incident.
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