Imphal. April 16 NNN: Ukhrul district police disclosed that they have listed some suspects involved in the ‘beheading’ of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi erected in Ukhrul town.K Kabib, the superintendent of police, Ukhrul district said the arrest of these suspects will be made in two days time.
It may be mentioned that the the statue of Mahatma Gandhi erected at Gandhi Chowk, opposite to Ukhrul Town Hall, about 50 metres away from Police Reserve line, near the office of the suprintendent of police, Ukhrul district, was found vandalized in the wee hours of Sunday, with the head of the statue of the ‘Father of the Nation’ missing. The news of the vandalization of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi had spread very fast in Ukhrul, and it has been condemned by Hunphun Executive Council as a ‘shameless act’ committed against the universal symbol of non-violence by miscreants. Two stone plates of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) located in different localities of Phungreitang West, Ukhrul district were also found destroyed by miscreants around the same time. Police had reportedly expressed suspicion that the two incidents are connected and might have been committed with a pre-plan to target Gandhi.
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