Two statues of B.R. Ambedkar vandalised, Yogi govt in trouble

Lucknow, March 31: Two statues of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar have been vandalised in different parts of the state, police said on Saturday.

In wake of the incidents, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed all District Magistrates and district police chiefs to ensure that there was no repeat of such incidents.

Of the two incidents in the past 24 hours, one took place at Trivenipuram locality of Jhusi in Allahabad where a statue's head was chopped off while the other was reported at Siddharthnagar's Gohaniya where the hand of a statue was found broken.

Locals staged a demonstration against the vandalism in Siddharthanagar, demanding immediate arrest of the miscreants.