Three men were arrested for allegedly vandalising the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Rajasthan’s Nathdwara town on Wednesday, 4 April.
The accused, Ankit Gehlot (25), Kuldeep Gehlot (22), and Arvind Gehlot (24), will be produced in a court on Thursday, a police official said.
The head of the statue, installed by the Nathdwara municipality in Valmiki Basti in the town, was found missing on Tuesday, following which a case was registered under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
The police official claimed that the accused hatched a plan to damage the statue and then put the blame on members of a particular community, in the wake of protests by the Dalits against a Supreme Court order on a law pertaining to Scheduled Castes and Tribes. However, police said, CCTVs installed in nearby areas recorded their crime and exposed their plan. They spilled the beans during questioning.
The accused who were arrested by the police for allegedly vandalising the Mahatma Gandhi statue.
(Photo: ANI)
A statue of BR Ambedkar was vandalised by miscreants in Rajasthan Achrol later at night on 4 April, reported ANI. Investigations are reportedly underway to identify the miscreants.
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