Suspects listed in 'beheading' Gandhi
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, April 16 2012:
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, Superintendent of Police, Ukhrul district said the arrest of these suspects will be made in two days time.
It may be mentioned that 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 Superintendent 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 vandalism of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi spread very fast in Ukhrul, and it was condemned by Hunphun Executive Council as a 'shameless act' committed against the universal symbol of non-violence by miscreants.
Two stone plates of MGNREGS located in different localities of Phungreitang West, were also found destroyed by miscreants.