A statue of Nineteenth-century social reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was desecrated by unidentified miscreants at Authorities Diploma Faculty, Kamalpur, in Tripura’s Dhalai district.
The school authorities stated the vandalisation of the statue probably occurred on Tuesday, nonetheless, they seen it on Wednesday.
“We have now seen that some unidentified individuals have damaged the barricade and desecrated the statue of Pandit Vidyasagar. We condemn such sort of act. We have now already knowledgeable the police concerning the matter. A police group additionally visited the spot,” stated the faculty principal.
The desecration of statues is just not new to Tripura, because the state has witnessed a number of such incidents previously.
In June, unknown miscreants vandalised a statue of famend poet and litterateur Himadri Nandan Deb at Kailasahar within the Unakoti district. In 2018, BJP staff bulldozed a statue of Communist icon Vladimir Lenin at Belonia within the South Tripura district.
