Certain parts of Ghaziabad became tense on Saturday after unidentified persons desecrated the statue of Bhim Rao Ambedkar installed at Ambedkar park in Navyug Market.
The police said that it received information on late Friday night that the statue of Dr. Ambedkar has been was defiled. After this a heavy police force was deployed around the Ambedkar park which is situated in the Dalit dominated area. The situation became grim when a section of the Dalit community took out a procession on the Ambedkar road and staged a dharna at Deenagarhi chowk.
Instantly during night the civil administration was apprised of the situation and a new statue was traced in Site IV Industrial area in Sahibabad. The damaged statue was made of cement while new one which is bought of Rs 11 lakh and is made of bronze metal.
The construction of the platform is under progress and is expected to be erected on Sunday. To satisfy the Ambedkar followers, the statue has been put in the park and day and night construction is under progress there. First Information Report (FIR) has also been registered against unidentified criminals said the SP City Salman Taj Patil.