SRINAGAR: Just about 50 folks were detained for wondering over the defacing of a plaque bearing the nationwide logo inside of Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, PTI stated Sunday, whilst Nationwide Convention (NC) put the determine at 30 and BJP’s Altaf Thakur stated 26. J&Okay police have no longer showed any numbers because the vandalism Friday afternoon.“Nobody has been officially arrested to this point, however some individuals are being puzzled,” PTI quoted a senior police officer as announcing, including that girls allegedly concerned will face felony motion however minors may not be proceeded towards.Government tightened safety across the shrine, which properties a relic of Prophet Muhammad, after the plaque used to be vandalised and got rid of following Friday prayers. Police had checked telephone movies and CCTV pictures earlier than selecting up dozens. No contemporary disturbances were reported.NC stated an open FIR used to be registered and accused the LG-led management of heavy-handedness. “I’m deeply anguished to be informed that almost 30 folks were detained through police,” NC MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi stated, calling the detentions “operational retribution” and caution towards misrepresenting “an expression of collective harm as anti-national”. He instructed free up of detainees and stated the theory of India rests on admire for spiritual sentiment.NC president Farooq Abdullah referred to as the set up of the Ashoka logo a mistake. “There used to be no wish to set up the plaque. They put it up and folks didn’t adore it. When the Hazratbal shrine used to be built no board used to be positioned there as it used to be devoted to Allah and His Prophet,” he stated. “We’re peace-loving folks and this shouldn’t were accomplished.”CM Omar Abdullah stated Waqf Board will have to apologise, contending that the nationwide logo is for government workplaces, no longer mosques.PDP, CPM and Peoples Convention demanded motion towards Waqf Board chairperson Darakhshan Andrabi, a BJP appointee, who had overseen the plaque’s placement Thursday as a part of what she described as remodelling on Turkish strains.Opposition politicians referred to as the plaque “provocative” and “blasphemous”, announcing symbols are forbidden inside of mosques. BJP stated the defacement used to be an try to revive terrorism and separatism in J&Okay.BJP defended Andrabi’s function and alleged NC used to be exploiting the debate. “That is an act of terrorism. Andrabi had each and every proper to position the brand. NC doesn’t like her and is the use of the brand to create unrest in Kashmir Valley,” birthday party spokesperson Altaf Thakur stated.Andrabi demanded those that vandalised the plaque be booked below Public Protection Act.