Local residents on Tuesday blocked the road to protest the theft of a bust of B R Ambedkar which was installed in Palamu district on his birth anniversary, according to the police.
A bust of B R Ambedkar which was installed in Jharkhand's Palamu district on his birth anniversary was stolen by miscreants after which local people put up road blockade on Tuesday to protest the theft, police said.
On Monday, the bust of Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, was installed in Kharadpar village. However, the bust was found missing this morning.
According to the police, local residents held a demonstration and blocked the traffic movement on the Japla-Chatarpur road for more than eight hours on Tuesday over the theft of Ambedkar’s bust.
Hussainabad police station officer-in-charge Sonu Kumar Choudhary visited the site along with other district officials and urged the protesting locals to remove the roadblock. A massive search operation is being conducted to find the missing bust.
At the time of the installation of the bust, there was a disagreement between two groups over the nature of the land where it was erected, the police said. Circle Officer Pankaj Kumar has been directed to verify the nature of the land where the bust was erected, he added.
Bahujan Samaj Party leaders Ajay Bharti and Mandeep Ram called for the reinstallation of the bust at the same spot and immediate arrest of those involved.
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