The Madhya Pradesh Excessive Courtroom has pulled up the State Police for its failure to take motion after a statue of B. R. Ambedkar was vandalised in Seoni district two months in the past.
A division bench of Chief Justice S. Okay. Kait and Justice Vivek Jain issued notices to the police and the State Authorities on Wednesday and directed them to reply by Could 7. The courtroom was listening to a PIL filed by a Seoni resident.
In accordance with the petition, a statue of the chief architect of the Structure was broken in Seoni’s Dhuma on February 10. Whereas an FIR was filed in opposition to unidentified individuals the identical day, the police are but to make any arrests.
The petition was filed by Jitendra Ahirwar, an area social activist, who alleged “inaction” on the native police’s half and sought the courtroom’s intervention.
The bench stated, “An affidavit signed by the Superintendent of Police, Seoni, and the Station Home Officer of Police Station, Dhuma, shall be filed indicating as to why motion has not been taken.”
A number of incidents
A number of incidents of Ambedkar statues being vandalised have been reported from numerous districts of Madhya Pradesh previously few months.
In Ashok Nagar, the Dalit icon’s statue in Ambedkar Park was allegedly defaced early on Wednesday. The incident triggered protests by numerous political and social outfits, after which an FIR was filed by the native police.
Concentrating on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Get together over the incidents, the MP Congress president stated Ambedkar was being “always humiliated” within the State and the Authorities “was a mute spectator.”
“The government ought to stop its careless angle and take strict motion in opposition to such parts as a result of the assist prolonged to such parts is elevating questions on the govt.’s intentions,” he stated on X.
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