India has raised the issue of Hindu temple vandalism with the United States, seeking action against perpetrators. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has taken up temple desecration cases with US authorities. The FBI is investigating these attacks on various temples across the US as hate crimes. MoS MEA V. Muraleedharan stated that the MEA has been consistently raising this issue with relevant countries whenever such incidents occur.
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00:00India has now raised the temple vandalism case with the United States of America.
00:05India has sought action on temple vandalism that is taking place in many parts of the United States of America.
00:12The Ministry of External Affairs says temple desecration cases have been taken up with the United States of America.
00:19The US is probing all these attacks that are taking place on various temples across the United States of America.
00:25This is India which has now raised the temple vandalism cases with the US.
00:31India has sought action on all those people who are indulging in these kind of vandalism cases.
00:37Ministry of External Affairs has said temple desecration cases have now been taken up with the United States of America.
00:44US is now probing those attacks that have taken place at various temples and these are being probed under hate crimes.
00:53My colleague Shivani is now joining me on the story.
00:56Shivani, we have seen how temples across the United States of America have been attacked and over the past many months these cases have increased.
01:04We understand now that the Ministry of External Affairs has spoken with the United States administration.
01:10They are seeking action on all those people who are indulging in this vandalism.
01:15Aishwarya M.O.S. M.E.A. K.T. Vardhan Singh has informed that in recent years there have been several instances of Hindu temples being vandalized, defaced and
01:25every time this happens the M.E.A. has been raising this issue with the United States or whichever country it is happening in.
01:32And in this particular incident also the M.E.A. has informed that the law enforcement authorities of the United States have been conveyed about it
01:40and they have said that concerned people will be checked and a broader strategy to stop these kinds of incidents will also be taken into account.
01:52So all these hate crimes that are happening against Hindus in the United States are being dealt with on the diplomatic level.