Four people have been arrested in connection with the church vandalisation in New Panvel. According to the home department, the accused attacked St George’s Church as they believed that people associated with the church had informed the police about their criminal activities.

Speaking in the legislative assembly, where the issue of the attack had been raised and members had demanded the arrest of the people involved, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the main accused, Rahul Ramesh Patil (39), who operated an illegal gambling racket in the vicinity of the church, assumed that the police raided his business after getting a tip-off from people attached to the church.