Former Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s residence in Uttarakhand’s Nainital was vandalised by some people on Monday allegedly after his new book compared Hindutva with radical Islam.
DGI (Kumaun) Neelesh Anand said that several people have been booked in connection with the incident. “Rakesh Kapil and 20 others have been booked. Strict action will be taken against perpetrators,” he said. Sharing pictures and videos on Facebook, Khurshid wrote, “I hoped to open these doors to my friends who have left this calling card. Am I still wrong to say this cannot be Hinduism?” “So such is the debate now. Shame is too ineffective a word. Besides I still hope that we can reason together one day and agree to disagree if not more,” he wrote in another post.
In a video, two people can be seen dousing out fire while the pictures show tall flames of fire and a charred door and shattered windows.
As per media persons on the ground, some people also raised slogans and flags outside Khurshid’s residence today.