Criminals vandalised five statues of Hindu gods and goddesses in Nagarkanda municipality early yesterday.

“A gang broke into the Durga temple beside Gan Jogdia Sarbojanin Kali Mandap in the municipality between 2:00am and 4:00am and disfigured the statues of goddesses Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswait, and gods Ganesh and Kartik,” said Dulal Barman, a worshipper at Gan Jogdia Sarbojanin Kali Mandap.

He came to the temple in the morning and saw that the deities had been damaged badly, Dulal said.