2012 Government figures show that over 438 temples in the valley, around 2018 had been damaged over the years. 57 temples were vandalised in Srinagar alone, while 56 faced damage in the Anantnag district.
Some far-left trolls and pro-Congress handles have claimed that Sanjiv Bhatt is a Kashmiri Pandit too, as an indirect sly against the Modi government which is promoting the movie The Kashmir Files.