India, Sept. 8 -- At least 50 people have been detained in connection with the alleged vandalism of the Ashoka emblem at the Hazratbal shrine in Kashmir, even as a political row intensified on Sunday. "No one has been formally arrested so far, but some people are being questioned," a senior police official said on the condition of anonymity. National Conference chief and former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah criticised the Waqf Board, saying the plaque with the Ashoka emblem should have never been installed at the shrine. "Whatever happened at Hazratbal was wrong. They should not have installed that board (plaque)," he said. P11
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