Now, Lord Hanuman's statue desecrated in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia
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Amid an ongoing spate of incidents targeting statues and busts of known figures across the country, a statue of Lord Hanuman was also desecrated in Uttar Pradesh's Kharuav village of Ballia district, triggering tension in the area.
Station House Officer of Nagra, Ram Dinesh Tiwari, said the statue was damaged on Wednesday and a poster was also found pasted on it.
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Complaint filed against unidentified persons: SHO Tiwari
The police have lodged a case against unidentified persons on a complaint by Kharuav village chief Dushyant Singh, Tiwari said.
The officer said that the matter is being investigated. No arrests have been made, he said.
In Kolkata, a bust of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee was damaged yesterday following the razing of statues of Soviet icon Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in Tripura.