One more person has been arrested in connection with the vandalism during Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake Stadium on December 13, taking the number of those arrested to six, the Bidhannagar police said on Wednesday.
The recent wave of youth-led protests across South Asia, particularly in Nepal, preceded by similar upheavals in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, characterized by increasing violence, looting, and vandalism is a wake-up call for other regional states.
The incident prompted a strong reaction from India, with the Indian High Commission in the UK strongly condemning the "shameful act" of vandalism.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned the placement of the national symbol in a religious site and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti demanding action under blasphemy laws against the Waqf Board for authorising its installation.
Terming vandalism of Dr. B R Ambedkar's statue in Amritsar 'heart wrenching', BJP spokesman Sambit Patra attributed it to the negligence of the AAP government in Punjab.
Six people accused of vandalizing the residence of actor Allu Arjun at Jubilee Hills were granted bail on Monday as both the Congress and the BRS leveled accusations at each other for having links with the lynchpin of the attack.
A puja pandal was ransacked and the idol was vandalised in the Nampally area here during the ongoing Navratri festivities leading to tension in the neighbourhood.
The Khalistan movement has been in the news in recent weeks following the escape of Amritpal Singh. He has been accused by the police of attempted murder and creating “disharmony”, declared a “fugitive” and is on the run. Vandalism and attacks on Indian consulates by supporters have been reported from the US, UK, Australia and Canada, as well as some demonstrations in India.
Indians gathered outside the Indian consulate in San Francisco to show solidarity after the consulate was vandalised.
ABVP activists also staged a protest while accusing the left-wing workers of 'insulting' Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
