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Tension gripped the Gadwar country successful Uttar Pradesh aft unidentified miscreants allegedly damaged a statue of Bhimrao Ambedkar, constabulary said connected Friday (November 28, 2025).
According to officials, the statue installed on the Gadwar-Nagra Road successful Rampur Asli colony was recovered with a breached digit connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) night. This marks the 5th incidental of vandalism targeting Ambedkar statues successful the area, triggering beardown resentment among villagers.
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Following the incident, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ravi Kumar, City Circle Officer Mohammad Usman, and different constabulary and administrative officials reached the spot connected Thursday (November 27, 2025).
Angry villagers submitted a five-point memorandum, demanding contiguous enactment against the culprits, the operation of a protective bound wall, and the installation of CCTV cameras. Officials assured the villagers that strict enactment would beryllium taken and urged them to support calm.
Station House Officer Hitesh Kumar said the damaged statue has been repaired, and CCTV cameras person been installed astatine the site. "The concern is peaceful and nether control," helium said.
Based connected a ailment lodged by a villager, an FIR has been registered against unidentified radical nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
