Jaipur News – A shocking event has sent waves through the Sanganer region in Jaipur as one Siddharth Singh, a young man, was arrested for vandalizing an idol at the Veer Tejaji Temple. The accused is a café owner from Bikaner but staying in Rajapark who smashed the idol, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, late Friday night. DCP (East) Tejaswini Gautam said actions were raised because of the gravity of the issue, resulting in mobilizing over 10 police teams to crack the case.
After scanning the footage of 100 CCTV cameras, they finally traced Singh to the Intercontinental Hotel on Tonk Road, where he was nabbed. This incident has amplified anger, protests, and a broader conversation about stress factors, alcohol, and accountability. Singh, who operates the struggling ‘Tamas Café’ in Rajapark, confessed to being guilty of the act during interrogation moments, alleging a cocktail of financial woes and intoxication as influencing factors.
Evidently, the losses of this restaurant were taxing his sanity. What Singh tells his interrogation is that he had spent the night partying at the hotel with a friend, drinking and then stopping by the temple on his way home—initially to feed the stray dogs, he says—before entering the sacred place. What followed was an instant of reckless fury: after sitting in the temple and brooding over his troubles, Singh uprooted the idol and threw it to the ground. He would only confess to his fiancée, while sober, about the grave error he had made.
A Night of Chaos: From Vandalism to Public Fury
The fallout was instantenous and intense. Around 3 am on Saturday, some locals stumbled upon the damaged idol, and by morning, word had spread like wildfire. The angry residents suddenly took out to demonstrate their anger by blocking the Tonk Road for nearly three hours in a heated protest against this desecration. Police efforts to cool the crowd fell flat, and by 1:30 in the afternoon, authorities were obliged to go in with a mild force to clear the jam.
Meanwhile, a CCTV clip of the accused surfaced, adding fuel to public fire. The unrest is still not over as 20 persons were arrested for disturbing the peace near the temple later, while DCP Gautam assured that every individual’s role would fairly be investigated before taking any action.
Stress, Alcohol, and a Confession
Singh’s Arrest Has Unpeeled Some of the Layers of His Troubled Life. In fact, he had told the police that finances were getting tight due to the failed café and that drove him deeper into depression. On that evening, alcohol aggravated despair, which he felt impelled to act on impulsively and now regrets doing. “I was overwhelmed,” he apparently said while confessing his guilt to his fiancée.
While the penance he feels is clear, the consequences of the law are staring long and large. For police, this case is further added to the monument of diligence-combination of technology, manpower, and quick thinking in grabbing big fish. For the community, it is a wound that requires time to heal. It will really take time. Healing is really slow with such crimes, wherein a sacred space is violated and unrest follows.
