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Three Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP
Saturday July 28, 2012 08:36:57 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Two days
after a statue of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati was
vandalised here, three statues of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar were
damaged in Azamgarh district, police said Saturday.
Broken pieces of a statue were found in the morning in a field at
Katat-Chakkatat village in Azamgarh, some 270 km from here, police
said.
Two other Ambedkar statues were vandalised and thrown in the
fields of the Nayi Palia and Jiyasath villages, said
Superintendent of Police (SP) Mirza Manzar Beg.
Angry villagers and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers took to the
streets and blocked a state highway for over four hours,
protesting against the incidents.
Heavy police reinforcements were rushed to the spot and new
statues of Ambedkar were installed, police said.
After this, the protestors withdrew their agitation and the
traffic blockade was lifted.
Two people were arrested Friday for damaging Mayawati's statue
Lucknow. Amit Jani, president of the Uttar Pradesh Nav Nirman Sena,
and his aide Rajendra were arrested Friday night from Haryana's
Gurgaon city, adjoining Delhi, by the Special Task Force of Uttar
Pradesh Police.
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