Rajiv Gandhi’s statue in Ludhiana allegedly set afire

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Updated At : 01:26 AM Jul 08, 2021 IST

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Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, July 7

A statue of Rajiv Gandhi at Salem Tabri here was allegedly set on fire by a Nihang on Wednesday.

In videos doing the rounds on social media, a Nihang, Ramandeep Singh, can be seen setting the statue on fire and saying that Congress leader Gursimran Mand wants to install more statues of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He says he won’t tolerate this and would set all such statues on fire.

However, the police said the statue was covered with a piece of cloth which accidentally caught fire.

Congress leader Gursimran Mand alleged some anti-social elements might have tried to put the statue on fire.

Mand had cleaned the statue with his turban. This is the same statue which two years back was blackened by SAD leaders.

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