The people living in the vicinity complained that the incident occurred due to the lack of care in the park. Ashok Kumar Singla, Congress leader, said that law and order has gone for a toss in Punjab.
Miscreants damaged a statue of Mahatma Gandhi installed inside the Gandhi park at Rama Mandi area in Punjab’s Bathinda, according to district police.
The incident was noticed Friday morning when people saw the vandalized statue of the Mahatma lying on the grass inside the park located between the market committee office and municipal council office, police said. The head of the statue was missing.
Area Station House Officer Harjot Singh Mann rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. He said the park had faulty lights and there was no gardener to maintain the premises. The municipal council has been asked to take care of the park.
The people living in the vicinity complained that the incident occurred due to the lack of care in the park. Ashok Kumar Singla, Congress leader, said that law and order has gone for a toss in Punjab.
Meanwhile, the police officer stated that they were searching the CCTV footage and promised that the miscreants would be nabbed soon. He appealed to the public to maintain peace.
A couple of days ago the Mahatma’s statue was vandalized in Toronto, Canada.
The desecration took place on Wednesday as the statue was found sprayed with graffiti that was pro-Khalistan along with cuss words.
The 20-foot-tall bronze statue is situated in the Peace Park at the Vishnu Mandir in Richmond Hill in the GTA.
India had issued a formal diplomatic communique, called a note verbale, on Wednesday to Global Affairs Canada, the country’s foreign ministry, seeking urgent police investigation and action to arrest those responsible for the vandalization. The message stressed the incident had caused “a sense of panic and insecurity” within the Indo-Canadian community.
“Hate has no place in Canada,” Canada’s foreign minister Melanie Joly said in a tweet on Thursday.
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