Ottawa: Another statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised on a university campus in Canada’s Burnaby in British Columbia, Consulate General of India in Vancouver gave this information on Tuesday.

The statue was installed in Peace Square on of Simon Fraser University in the town of Burnaby.

“We strongly condemn the desecration of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the pioneer of peace, on the Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University and urge canadian authorities to immediately investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators to justice,” the consulate general tweeted.

The incident took place on March 23 near city hall in Hamilton city in Canada’s Ontario province after a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised and sprayed-painted.

In July last year, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised at a Vishnu temple in Richmond Hill, Canada, drawing strong condemnation from the Consulate General of India in Toronto.

At that time, the embassy said in a tweet that “We are saddened by the desecration of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at vishnu temple in Richmond Hill. This criminal, heinous act has deeply hurt the sentiments of the Indian community in Canada.”

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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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Chandigarh: Days after a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised by unidentified miscreants in Canada, the similar incident occurred in Punjab’s Bathinda, police said on Saturday.

According to the information, the incident took place on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

The status was situated in a public park in Ramman Mandi in Bathinda and miscreants took away its face afer vandalising it.

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