November 29, 2006
Angry locals on Wednesday damaged several vehicles
and held up traffic after a statue of Bhim Rao
Ambedkar was allegedly found vandalised in Kanpur.
Passers by noticed the damaged statue in Ambedkar
Nagar area in the morning and a crowd soon gathered
there demanding immediate arrest of those responsible,
police said.
They said the group started throwing stones
and damaged several vehicles passing through
the area and also tried to set fire to a few
parked there.
They stalled traffic alleging that the statue
was deliberately damaged though police said
it might have been an accident.
The Kakadeo station house officer said a new
life-size statue of Ambedkar would be installed
in place of the broken one and a search was
on for those who might have damaged it.
Police was deployed in Kakadeo area and the
situation was under control, he said.
