In yet another incident of vandalism, a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar was desecrated in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh on Friday. The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered an FIR against several unknown people.
The statue installed in Ambedkar park in front of the district magistrate’s office was desecrated on Friday afternoon, leading to protests by some locals, SP (city) Kamlesh Bahadur said.
The police has said it’ll try to install a new statue in place of the vandalised one.
A hunt is on to find the culprit.
According to the police, “We have registered an FIR against unknown persons. We’re trying to identify the culprit. Strict action will be taken. We’ll also see if it’s possible to establish a new statue’.”
Source: Zee News