Uttar Pradesh: After Meerut, Ambedkar statue vandalised in Azamgarh

Infuriated over the incident, locals started gathering in the area. Police and senior officials rushed to the village and pacified them, the SP said. The repair work has started and efforts are on to identify the miscreants, the SP said.

Strict action will be taken against all those found involved in the incident, the SP added.

This is the second incident of its kind in the state after a statue was vandalised on Wednesday in Meerut and was later replaced.

Similar incidents have also been reported from other parts of the country with statues of communist leader Vladimir Lenin, social reformer Ramasamy Periyar’s and Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee being vandalised in recent days.