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India: Court summons Hindu god
For illegally encroaching on government land in eastern India after a roadside temple was built in his honour, a court has served a Hindu god with a summons Indian officials say.
The summons was pasted on an idol of the monkey god who is worshipped for his courage and strength, at the temple in Bihar state.
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“The summons was issued after the public works department filed a case against the temple for encroaching on the road,” a court official in Rohtas district, who asked not to be named, said on Thursday.
The department petitioned the local magistrates court to have the temple removed for obstructing traffic, but local Hindu groups have protested against the legal action.
An official in Rohtas said the summons had been erroneously addressed to the Hindu god and would be corrected. “The summons was meant for the temple management and not the god,” Hashim Khan, Rohtas deputy development commissioner, said.
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