Later, he made the cryptic remark that "I don't want to politicize the Shaktiman issue. However, Rawat left the venue in a hurry without doing the honours. NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand government has removed the statue of the police horse Shaktiman, installed at Dehradun's Vidhan Sabha Marg. BACKGROUND X Dehradun Police horse 'Shaktimaan' dies Police horse 'Shaktimaan' succumbed to injuries on Wednesday. As the condition of the horse deteriorated, experts were left with no other option than to amputate the hind left leg.

Source: Times of India July 12, 2016 16:43 UTC