A statue of Dr B R Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution, went missing from a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district just two days after being installed, following which police have registered a case of theft, officials said.<\/p>\n
The one-and-a-half feet tall statue was installed on a pedestal in an open space in Bari village in the district on Tuesday, they said.<\/p>\n
Talking to reporters, Additional Superintendent of Police Vedita Dagar said, “We received a complaint of theft of Dr Ambedkar’s statue in Bari village located under the Garhi Malhara police station area around 12 km from the district headquarters.” A case has been registered and the accused will be arrested soon, she said.<\/p>\n
Dr Ambedkar was born in Mhow Cantonment town in Indore district on April 14, 1891.<\/p>\n
Sarpanch of Bari village, Asharam Ahirwar, said the villagers had bought the statue of Dr Ambedkar from Uttar Pradesh after crowdfunding.<\/p>\n
“The stone statue was 18-inch tall and had been installed in the village just two days ago,” he said.<\/p>\n
The sarpanch claimed that the police have picked up two persons in connection with the theft and they were being questioned.<\/p>\n
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