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Vivekananda statue defacement in Delhi: Police register FIR

“On November 14, at 6:30 am, I received information that the statue has been vandalised by some students. I reached and saw the base of the statue has been vandalised with objectionable messages and the cloth covering it has been partially torn off," an officer wrote.

The statue is yet to be unveiled. Amit Mehra

“Around 10 students” have been named in an FIR registered by the Delhi Police, after Jawaharlal Nehru University Saturday filed a complaint at Vasant Kunj North police station against the “vandalism” and “defacement” of the Vivekananda statue on campus.

“The FIR has been registered under Section 3 of the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act,” an officer said.

The complaint filed by Buddha Singh, chairperson of Swami Vivekananda statue installation committee and additional dean of students, states: “It is requested to register a complaint… and take strict punitive action against the miscreants.”

“On November 14, at 6:30 am, I received information that the statue has been vandalised by some students. I reached and saw the base of the statue has been vandalised with objectionable messages and the cloth covering it has been partially torn off…These messages are directed towards a political party and a group of people donning saffron coloured clothes. They are obscene in nature,” he wrote.

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