{"id":192132,"date":"2026-01-08T10:25:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=192132"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:26:54","slug":"hindu-mob-demolishes-dehradun-shrine-fears-grip-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/08\/hindu-mob-demolishes-dehradun-shrine-fears-grip-minorities.html","title":{"rendered":"Hindu mob demolishes Dehradun shrine, fears grip minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192133\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/9-1.jpg 330w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/9-1-288x220.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dehradun: A shrine in Rishikesh area of Dehradun was demolished by a Hindu mob linked to extremist organisations, amid ongoing attacks on minorities across India.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident occurred on January 2 in Bhattu Wala, Rishikesh, where the mob pulled down the shrine, using hammers and shouting Hindu religious slogans. A video of the attack shows men abusing Muslims and issuing threats.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the family pleaded with the mob to stop, but they ignored requests. The attackers used hateful language, making communal slurs and claims about &#8220;love jihad&#8221;. Residents said panic spread as the demolition happened in broad daylight, with people afraid to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>Rights activists say it&#8217;s worrying that extremist groups target Muslims and Islamic symbols in India with impunity. The activists have demanded strict action against those involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dehradun: A shrine in Rishikesh area of Dehradun was demolished by a Hindu mob linked to extremist organisations, amid ongoing attacks on minorities across India. According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident occurred on January 2 in Bhattu Wala, Rishikesh, where the mob pulled down the shrine, using hammers and shouting Hindu religious slogans. A &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":192133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/9-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192135,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192132\/revisions\/192135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}