Destruction of intellectual property
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Some of the hard disks contained several terabytes of spiritual discourses of His Divine Holiness and scans of ancient Hindu manuscripts. This atrocious theft and irreversible destruction of intellectual property is a fundamental crime which got no coverage in the media at all. It is the equivalent of burning libraries or destroying the hard work of a man’s lifetime dedication and earnings. Books, talks, and tremendous amount of intellectual contribution that was of immense value to humanity, was stored on those hard disks. However now they are lost to history.
State-sponsored terrorism causes loss of Rs. 200 million (3 million US $) Public resources were spent on this State-sponsored terrorism. In this attack, more than Rs. 200 million worth of temple property was destroyed.