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Roorkee: Residents of Paniyala village near Roorkee created a ruckus on Saturday after centuries-old idols kept in a dharamshala were damaged by a few villagers. As the news of the damaged idols spread, villagers in large numbers assembled at the dharamshala to protest. How could anybody carry out construction work without consulting the village panchayat?” said villager Sukhminder Valmiki. "The dharamshala is the property of the village panchayat. Sources said that family members of a villager Isham Singh were doing construction work inside the dharamshala which resulted in dismantling of two idols, said to be around 300 years old..