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The school also happens to be one where Human Resources Development (HRD) minister Smriti Irani had studied and she too visited the school. Thhis is the first time the PM himself has intervened after six incidents of vandalisation of churches.
The vandalism consisted of a theft of around Rs 12,000 from the Principal's office by miscreants who broke a window and got into the school after smashing the CCTVs.
Expressing "deep concern and anguish" over the rising crime rate in the Capital, the prime minister asked the police commissioner to speedily investigate the recent incidents of vandalism and ensure that the guilty are brought to book.
Modi also spoke over telephone to Union home secretary L C Goyal and asked him to "pay special attention to the rising incidents of crime, and vandalism, and to work towards ensuring the safety and security of women in the capital", an official release said here.
This incident took place days after a demonstration of Christian religious bodies to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh who assured them prompt action would be taken.
The Prime Minister bypassed the Home Minister, because the official press release said nothing about the Home Minister's role in investigation of the current attack.
Law and order in Delhi come within the provenance of the Central government because Delhi enjoys only partial statehood.
Chief Minister-elect Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that he strongly disapproved of such actions and said they will not be tolerated.
The school merely said that it was a theft and no articles of religious use had been desecrated. However, Christian organisations said it was an act of vandalism directed against a religious denomination.
Police sources said out of six incidents of attacks on churches in Delhi (one in which nothing was stolen but religious objects were thrown and smashed), they had solved four cases. They said these were not related to each other.
