During the protest, many of the pro-Khalistan Sikh youths flashing kirpans jumped on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and pasted a poster over it. The Indian embassy condemned the “mischievous act” by hooligans masquerading as protesters. “The statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Plaza in front of the embassy was defaced by Khalistani elements on 12 December 2020. Around half-an-hour later, another group of Khalistan supporters hung a dummy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picture with a rope around the neck of the statue. This is for the second time that Gandhi’s statue has been desecrated by miscreants this year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 13, 2020 09:11 UTC