Thu, 26 July 2012

15:03

The Navnirman Sena has also distributed visuals of the act. The white marble statue installed in the Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal was damaged this afternoon. A big hammer was apparently used to vandalise the face and head of the statue. Heavy police force has been deployed at the spot.

In Lucknow, there are nine statues of Mayawati and 156 statues of elephants, while in Noida there are two statues of Mayawati and 52 elephants.

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