Agra: A church in the Cantonment area here was vandalised by some unidentified people in the wee hours today, triggering outrage among the members of the local Christian community.
According to police, St Mary's Church in Agra Cantonment's Pratabpura area was vandalised, in what is the latest in a spate of attacks on such institutions in several parts of the country.
An FIR has been registered at Rakabganj police station against unknown persons, they said, adding that two statues on the church premises were found damaged along with its main gate.
District and police officials reached the church in the morning to review security arrangements, police said.
Meanwhile, Christian community leaders in Agra are furious over the incident and have demanded firm action against the culprits within 24 hours.
Last month, an elderly nun was allegedly gangraped at a convent school in West Bengal by hoodlums who also looted cash from its lockers. Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested in connection with the March 14 incident.
A cathedral premises and a missionary school where people had gathered for a religious convention were vandalised allegedly by activists of a right wing Hindutva outfit at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on March 20. Six persons were apprehended but soon let off on bail.
