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Dummy pistol goes missing from Udham Singh’s statue

MOHALI: A dummy pistol was stolen from the hand of a statue of Shaheed Udham Singh late last night.

Dummy pistol goes missing from Udham Singh’s statue

A man shows the statue with the missing dummy pistol at Balongi village in Mohali. Tribune photo



Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 16

A dummy pistol was stolen from the hand of a statue of Shaheed Udham Singh late last night. The statue has been set up in the open at ‘Sikh Ajaib Ghar’ (museum) at Balongi village here.

According to sources, the incident took place yesterday midnight. “CCTV footage showed that some person broke the hand of the statue and took away the dummy pistol,” said the sources.

“It could be a mischief, but the incident is shameful as it hurts our patriotic sentiments,” said localities.

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