Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Sian Thomas stated, "These are significant arrests. We believe this group was prepared to carry out a disruptive and harmful prank, which might have had major consequences if carried out successfully."
The man broke out in anger and threw one of the murtis (idols) out of he sancum sanctorum and smashed a diya (oil lamp) which was lit in the sanctum sanctorum.
The two temple idols named 'The Yogini Chamunda' and 'Yogini Gomukhi' were stolen from a temple in Lokhari, Uttar Pradesh, between the late 1970s and early 1980s. The idols were notably recovered by the High Commission of India in London with assistance from the India Pride Project and Art Recovery International.
Suella Braverman would use the meeting to question Met Chief regarding his views on his force's response to Saturday's incident, UK media reported citing the source. She would also emphasise that there is no place for incitement to hatred and direct the forces to crackdown on such violators.
It must be mentioned that while Jihad means 'struggle' or 'fight' in Arabic, it implies spreading Islam through violent conquest in the religious context.
Khalistani extremists stormed Harman Kapoor's restaurant called "Rangrez, the Taste of Punjab" just a few days after they swarmed the Indian High Commission in London.