Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in London; India condemns violent act
The incident prompted a strong reaction from India, with the Indian High Commission in the UK strongly condemning the "shameful act" of vandalism.
The incident prompted a strong reaction from India, with the Indian High Commission in the UK strongly condemning the "shameful act" of vandalism.
Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian embassy in Washington DC was vandalised on intervening night of June 2 and 3 by unknown miscreants with graffiti and spray painting, amid massive protests across the United States over the killing of African-American man, George Floyd, at the hands of the police in Minneapolis on May 25.
One of the few statues of a foreign leader on a federal land in Washington DC, the statue of Mahatma Gandhi was dedicated by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in the presence of the then US president Bill Clinton on September 16, 2000 during his state visit to the US.
Head Master of the High School, Ajaya Kumar Kundu, has lodged an FIR at Balikuda police station. A case has been registered and investigations are on.
