<p>A group of men armed with lathis allegedly barged into a mosque in a village in Haryana’s Sonipat, attacked people offering namaz and vandalised the place, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>At least six people were injured in the Sunday evening attack in the mosque in Sandal Kalan village, they said.</p>.<p>Police have arrested 10 people for the “unprovoked attack”.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/indian-origin-man-arrested-for-yelling-slurs-at-worshippers-at-mosque-in-canada-1208267.html" target="_blank">Indian-origin man arrested for yelling slurs at worshippers at mosque in Canada</a></strong></p>.<p>An additional police force was deployed after the incident but the situation is peaceful in the village now, a Sonipat police official told <em>PTI </em>on Monday.</p>.<p>Sonipat Police Commissioner B Satheesh Balan said that information was received at night that some anti-social elements had entered the mosque. They beat up those offering prayers.</p>.<p>“It was an unprovoked attack. There was no previous incident reported in the village which would have caused disharmony (between communities),” he said.</p>.<p>Pictures of the alleged attackers carrying lathis in their hands and roaming the streets of the village had surfaced on social media.</p>.<p>According to the locals, some youths from the village asked people inside the mosque who were offering prayers to stop it and later vandalised the place.</p>.<p>Some children were also inside the mosque at the time of the incident, they claimed.</p>.<p>The arrested youths belong to the same village. They have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to hurting religious sentiments, the police official said.</p>.<p>"Strict action as per law will be taken. Such hooliganism will not be tolerated," Balan said.</p>.<p>Police said the small mosque is built by the community in the village.</p>
<p>A group of men armed with lathis allegedly barged into a mosque in a village in Haryana’s Sonipat, attacked people offering namaz and vandalised the place, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>At least six people were injured in the Sunday evening attack in the mosque in Sandal Kalan village, they said.</p>.<p>Police have arrested 10 people for the “unprovoked attack”.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/indian-origin-man-arrested-for-yelling-slurs-at-worshippers-at-mosque-in-canada-1208267.html" target="_blank">Indian-origin man arrested for yelling slurs at worshippers at mosque in Canada</a></strong></p>.<p>An additional police force was deployed after the incident but the situation is peaceful in the village now, a Sonipat police official told <em>PTI </em>on Monday.</p>.<p>Sonipat Police Commissioner B Satheesh Balan said that information was received at night that some anti-social elements had entered the mosque. They beat up those offering prayers.</p>.<p>“It was an unprovoked attack. There was no previous incident reported in the village which would have caused disharmony (between communities),” he said.</p>.<p>Pictures of the alleged attackers carrying lathis in their hands and roaming the streets of the village had surfaced on social media.</p>.<p>According to the locals, some youths from the village asked people inside the mosque who were offering prayers to stop it and later vandalised the place.</p>.<p>Some children were also inside the mosque at the time of the incident, they claimed.</p>.<p>The arrested youths belong to the same village. They have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to hurting religious sentiments, the police official said.</p>.<p>"Strict action as per law will be taken. Such hooliganism will not be tolerated," Balan said.</p>.<p>Police said the small mosque is built by the community in the village.</p>