By Zafar Aafaq An incident where idols were vandalised over an altercation between a few Hindu youth and idol sculptors at a temple in Karnataka’s Hassan district in late May, was misreported by several national and local Kannada TV channels as a hate crime. In the days that followed, right-wing groups such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal took to the streets to protest against Muslims. On May 30, 2022, four miscreants barged inside the Malekallu Tirupati temple premises where idols of Hindu deities were being made for a temple museum. It was afternoon and the sculptors had lef…

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