Maharaja Ranjit Singh's statue vandalised in Pak
BY Agencies11 Aug 2019 5:25 PM GMT
Agencies11 Aug 2019 5:25 PM GMT
Lahore: A statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who ruled over Punjab for close to 40 years in the early 19th century, was vandalised by two men in this Pakistani city on Saturday. The nine-feet statue, made of cold bronze, was unveiled at the Lahore Fort in June on the 180th death anniversary of Maharaja. Singh, the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, died in 1839.
Police have arrested two men and registered a case against them under the country's blasphemy laws.
The two men were angry after India revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir last week. The suspects belonged to Tehreek-Labbaik Pakistan of radical cleric Maulana Khadim Rizvi.
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