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Another Ambedkar Statue Vandalised in UP; Locals Protest

There have been over half a dozen incidents of vandalising of Ambedkar statues in various parts of Uttar Pradesh.

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A statue of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar has been vandalised in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on 11 April, Wednesday.

The incident came to light when locals woke up at the Nagla Jhamman village on Wednesday morning and they soon hit the road to protest the incident.

Police said that some miscreants vandalised the statue in the night to create tension in the area. Senior police officers have rushed to the spot to pacify angry locals and members of the Dalit community who are demanding that those behind the incident be immediately arrested.

An additional police force has also been sent to the area, fearing violence.

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There have been over half a dozen incidents of vandalising of the statues of Ambedkar in various parts of Uttar Pradesh over the last one month.

Only a day ago, the state police had sounded an alert across Uttar Pradesh for possible attempts to damage statues of the Dalit stalwart ahead of his birth anniversary on 14 April.

Ambedkar statues have recently been vandalised in Meerut, Budayun, Saharanpur, Firozabad, and Bulandshahr in March, triggering angry protests from the Opposition Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP).

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