Rajkot: The Somnath Temple Trust on Monday gave an application to police requesting FIR to be lodged against a man making a provocative speech while praising Mahmud of Ghazni who had plundered the temple.
The video clip of the man standing near the temple went viral on social media.
The man in the video, who claimed to have visited the temple is heard saying, “Today many address him (Ghazni) as thief or dacoit, but the history says that he was a man of justice.”
He is heard asking the youth of his community to read the history.
General manager of Somnath temple Trust, Vijaysinh Chavda, submitted an application to the local police after the video clip went viral. Chavda could not be contacted for the comment.
Talking to TOI, Rahul Tripathi, superintendent of police in Gir-Somnath district said, “I am aware of this video doing rounds. We are investigating when this video was shot and trying to identify the person. The special operation group and local police have joined the probe. I came to know that the temple trust has given an application, if they want to register an FIR we will call them and proceed.”