Dr. Ambedkar’s statue at Batala
The statue of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, located at the Kapuri Gate of Batala in Gurdaspur, has found a finger damaged. Local people gathered on the spot in the morning as soon as the information of this incident of night was received. Police force was deployed when the atmosphere was tense.
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DSP City Sanjeev Kumar reached the spot and reviewed. He said that a case has been registered against unknown people on the complaint of Valmiki Samaj leader Rakesh Bhatti. The police are searching footage of CCTV cameras installed nearby.
Police officers talking to people
No evidence of sabotage: SSP
At the same time, SSP Batala Suhail Qasim Mir said that there was no evidence of deliberate sabotage with the statue in the initial investigation. He said that a day earlier, the chairman of the Improvement Trust had gone there under the scheme of renewal of the statue and took pictures of the statue.
Statue
Police is investigating the case
In that photo too, the finger of the statue has been found to be damaged. He said that during the investigation, it seems that due to lack of renovation for a long time, it has been due to natural causes. He said that still taking the matter seriously, the PWD team is being called and investigated and the case has been registered.
The leaders of the Valmiki society have demanded strict action against those who harm the statue. There is anger in the AC community over this incident.