Ambedkar statue vandalised in a village in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar
Indo Asian News Service, Haridwar |
Indo Asian News Service Mar 09, 2018 04:06 PM IST
Authorities said the statue of Ambedkar was damaged in the past too and a dispute was on between two villagers over the land on which it was installed.
A statue of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar was on Friday found vandalised by miscreants in a village in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, sparking tension, police said.
A district official said the miscreants damaged the statue in Kanhawaali village while it was dark. Inspector Bhagwan Mehar and Sub-Divisional Magistrate Kaustubh Mishra visited the spot to pacify protesters, mostly Dalits.
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Authorities said the statue of Ambedkar was damaged in the past too, adding that a dispute was on between two villagers over the land on which it had been installed.
Police said the vandalism could be a result of this dispute. “We are trying to trace the miscreants,” the official said.
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