A Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) on May 11 sentenced 22 people to five years in jail each for attacking a Hindu temple in Punjab province last year.

In July 2021, hundreds of people attacked the Ganesh Mandir temple at Bhong city, district Rahim Yar Khan, some 590 kms from Lahore, in reaction to alleged desecration of a Muslim seminary by an eight-year-old Hindu boy. The angry mob, carrying weapons, sticks and bamboos, assaulted policemen deployed at the temple and vandalised and burned down a part of the temple.