Washington: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised by miscreants in New York, US. The statue was installed outside a Hindu temple in Queen’s County. The police officer said that six people have carried out this incident. This is the second incident of vandalism in the last two weeks.

Earlier on August 3, some people had demolished the same statue.

6 unidentified persons carried out the incident

Police said, “The incident took place near Sri Tulsi Temple on South Richmond Hill. Around 6 unidentified people came at 1:30 am. They vandalised the life-size statue of Mahatma Gandhi installed here.”

Unidentified people also wrote Grandpie and Dog on the road outside the temple. After this, miscreants sat in the car and ran away.

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Ottawa: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was defaced at a Vishnu temple in Richmond Hill, Canada yesterday. Following this, Indian government expressed anguished over the incident and termed it a hate crime while demanded from Canadian government for investigation.

“We are deeply anguished by this hate crime that seeks to terrorize the Indian community. It has led to increased concern and insecurity in the Indian community here. We have approached the Canadian government to investigate and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice swiftly,” Indian government said in a statement.

Reacting over the incident, Canadian government said that we are distressed at the desecration of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vishnu temple in Richmond Hill. This criminal, hateful act of vandalism has deeply hurt the sentiments of the Indian community in Canada. We are in contact with Canadian authorities to investigate this hate crime.

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