As a perennial purveyor of state-sponsored discrimination against its minorities, India is in no position to pontificate on the issue of minority rights elsewhere, FO said.
"This is not the first time the Indian Government has tried to feign concern for minority rights elsewhere while being the most egregious and persistent violator of minority rights itself," FO said.
According to local police, 14 people have been detained in overnight raids, and that more raids were underway.
The temple's desecration on Wednesday, in the Northwestern town on Karak, drew condemnation from advocacy groups, human rights activists and the country's minority Hindu community.