New Delhi (NVI): The statue of 19th-century ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, situated in Pakistan’s Lahore city was reportedly vandalised on Friday by some miscreants.
According to media reports, the miscreants were upset over speeches of a few radicals in Pakistan.
In this regard, local police have arrested one teenager identified as Zaheer, a resident of Harbanspura, Lahore.
He along with his companions broke the left arm of the statue installed outside the Haveli of Rani Jindan at Lahore Fort.
The nine-foot-tall statue of Singh, who died in 1839, was unveiled in June on his 180th death anniversary. The statue, made of cold bronze, shows the emperor sitting on a horse, and carrying a sword.
Earlier in August 2019, it was vandalised by two miscreants, Adnan Mughal and Asad, who were reportedly upset with the Indian government’s decision to scrap Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the state into two union territories.
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