As per reports, the incident took place at around 3:30 am in the morning. The assilants scaled the wall of the temple and entered the premises. Swami Nareshanand Saraswati was sleeping at that point of time.
As per a news report, the villagers informed that the idols of Shiva and Hanuman were destroyed, the Trishul was broken and the posters were burnt to ashes when they visited the temple.
The Covid-19 care centre of the Swaminarayan temple is equipped with 500 beds, oxygen facilities like liquid oxygen tanks and piped oxygen lines, ICU beds and ventilators.