Meanwhile, the immersion of all Goddess Durga idols has been halted at Panchmahala in the area. District administration officials are in talks with locals to let the idols be immersed at Sangam Ghat.
It is being said that processions on the occasion of Janmashtami have been carried for the past three years but this is the first time that it led to communal tensions.
There should be no doubt that the mandate was against the decades-old politics of Muslim appeasement and 'secularism' and was for the revival of old Indian civilization values.
The Imam says that the facts regarding the incident, whether the temple was attacked, who attacked it and how much damage was caused will be clear only after a detailed inquiry.