Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 7 (PTI) Four persons were arrested for hurting the religious sentiments of a community by allegedly throwing meat inside a temple in the Budhana area here on Tuesday, police said.

Station House Officer Sanjive Kumar said police registered a case under section 295 (defiling place of worship) of the Indian Penal Code against the accused persons following which they were arrested.

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They have been identified as Rakesh, his wife Kusum, brother Rajesh and sister-in-law Anarkali, he said.

A large number of devotees gathered outside the temple after the incident, police said.

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