Police on Saturday said that a mentally disturbed individual has been found indulged in perpetrating the crime of desecration of shrine and mosque in Tral after probes done with his family and acquaintance.
They said the said person has proclivity of showing such behavior in past as well.
A police in its statement said that regarding yesterday’s incident of disrespect to local shrine and mosques in Dadsara in Tral by damaging windowpanes and also act of displacing the Quran pak in a manner lacking respect, subsequently based on evidence , Police Awantipora during investigation has identified the perpetrator of crime namely Manzoor Ahmad.
They said the said person is found to be mentally disturbed person from Tral involved in the incident.
Investigation with his family and acquaintance indicated that the said person has proclivity of showing such behaviour earlier also, police said and added, the further investigation is going on.
They urged people not to pay heed to any rumours and not fall prey to scrupulous elements and vested interests to vitiate atmosphere for their own interests.
Desecration is the act of depriving something of its sacred character, or the disrespectful, contemptuous, or destructive treatment of that which is held to be sacred or holy by a group or individual.
Many consider acts of desecration to be sacrilegious acts. This can include desecration of sacred books, sacred places or sacred objects. Desecration generally may be considered from the perspective of a particular religion or spiritual activity. Desecration may be applied to natural systems or components, particularly if those systems are part of naturalistic spiritual religion.
To respectfully remove the sacred character of a place or an object is deconsecration, and is distinct from desecration.
Some religions, such as the Roman Catholic Church have specific rules as to what constitutes desecration and what should be done in these circumstances.
