Just a day after its unveiling, miscreants vandalised a the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Sambalpur University campus Jyoti Vihar triggering an outrage among students, people and political parties.
The statue was unveiled by BJD MlA Rohit Pujari in the presence of the university Vice-Chancellor and other dignitaries. But it was found damaged on Tuesday morning forcing the institute authorities to lodge a complaint at the Burla police station.
Tthe district Congress unit has given a Sambalpur Bandh call on April 7protesting the heinous act and demanding early arrest of the miscreants.
Condemning the act, VC Prof CR Tripathy said a fresh statue would be installed at the same place soon.
Sambalpur district Congress president Girija Shankar Nayak said, “It is a very shameful act. We demand the administration to take stern action against the culprits. We will organise a bandh on April 7 to put pressure on the police to arrest the culprits.”
Meanwhile, Burla police station IIC Tofan Bag said investigation has already started in the case.