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Tension prevailed successful Sijhari and different neighbouring villages successful Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba territory aft a statue of Sant Ravidas was vandalized by miscreants successful the intervening nighttime of Thursday (November 6, 2025) and Friday (November 7, 2025). Villagers, mostly Dalits held a sit-in protestation astatine the tract and raised pro-Ambedkarite slogans, demanding strict enactment against the culprits.
Senior territory constabulary officials and section constabulary teams, who reached the spot, assured the protestors of due enactment and that immoderate specified incidental volition not beryllium hap again. The objection has been called disconnected by the villagers. Police unit are contiguous successful the country to forestall immoderate untoward incident.
A lawsuit has been registered nether due sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) with the constabulary scrutinising CCTV grounds and different physics worldly to nab the culprits.
Congress State caput Brijraj Ahirwar besides sat connected a dharna with the villagers astatine the site. "The Circle Officer has asked for 2 days' time. If the accused are not caught wrong 2 days, the Congress volition beryllium forced to motorboat a large movement," helium said.
Ravidas was a 15th-century Dalit saint and writer whose teachings are cardinal to the Dalit anti-caste movement.
"On receiving accusation that the statue of Sant Shiromani Shri Ravidas Ji was partially damaged by immoderate miscreant successful colony Sijahari nether Srinagar constabulary presumption country of Mahoba district, elder officials instantly reached the spot and inspected the incidental site. A lawsuit has been registered nether due sections successful the matter, probe is underway and meaningful efforts are being made to guarantee the aboriginal apprehension of the culprits," said Vandana Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police (ACP) Mahoba.
Opposition alleged that feudal elements who are emboldened nether the contiguous authorities are indulged successful these anti-social incidents.
"The vandalization of the statue linked to Ravidas, Ambedkar, who are icons of marginalised communities has not happened for the archetypal time. If you look backmost successful the past 1 year, astatine slightest 10 specified instances from antithetic parts of the State person travel retired successful the nationalist domain. The existent contented is, the feudal elements who are emboldened by the emergence of the BJP and its authorities of hate, are doing it with the purpose to nonstop a connection successful the society, that awesome and self-respect of Dalits, marginalised, volition beryllium crushed. These incidents are portion of a expansive plan of the ruling BJP's authorities of hatred and those successful powerfulness are liable for occurrences," said Anil Yadav, a elder person of Uttar Pradesh Congress.
