Jhotwara tense after communal remarks written on temple wall

JAIPUR: Tension prevailed in Jhotwara area of the city on Friday when a man wrote communal remarks on the wall of a temple in Shakti Nagar. When
angry residents gathered in front of his house, he threatened the crowd with knife. Police said that the man is mentally disturbed.
"The man, Amit Sindhi, had painted some remarks on the wall of the Ganesh temple situated in front of his house," said a police officer. When the neighbours objected to it, he threatened them with a knife. A huge crowd then gathered there and was about to thrash. The police rushed to the spot and took him into custody.
"The man seems to be mentally retarded. He has painted communal remarks even on the photos pasted on the walls of his house," said the officer. Additional security arrangements have been made in the area to maintain law and order, he added.