India, Sept. 5 -- The engraving of the national emblem on the renovation plaque of Hazratbal Shrine was vandalised by unknown people in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Friday, leading to a massive row.

A video has gone viral showing several men vandalising the Ashoka emblem. The vandalism comes after some locals and political leaders said that the display of any figures or shapes at Muslim religious sites goes against Islamic tenets.

Devotees who visited the revered shrine, which houses a relic of the Prophet Mohammad, criticised the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board for inscribing the Ashoka emblem on the inauguration stone inside the sacred premises.

The development comes as the Hazratbal Shrine recently underwent renovation, and the reco...