A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was wrecked in Punjab’s Bathinda by unidentified fiends police said on Saturday. The police added the incident happened on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
The statue was situated at a public park in Ramman Mandi. After wrecking the statue, the unidentified evildoers took away its face.
This incident in Bhatinda comes just days after a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was desecrated in Canada’s Ontario province. The statue was damaged at Vishnu Mandir in the area of Yonge Street and Garden Avenue, according to reports.
A case has been registered at Ramman Mandi Police Station, with Station House Officer (Sadar) Harjot Singh Mann adding that the matter is being investigated. The police have assured that the miscreants will be nabbed soon, adding the CCTV footage of the area was being examined. Locals have strongly condemned the vandalism and Ashok Kumar Singla, president of the District Urban Congress, demanded the immediate arrest of those behind the crime.
