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Motihari ; A life size statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalisd by some unidentifies miscreants at famous Charakha Park located on Mahatma Gandhi Road, Motihari, headquarters of East Champaran District in North Bihar, February 13, 2022, night. The incident has been severely condemned by all political leaders, and social workers, and followers of Mahatma Gandhi .
An 8 ft. high statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Chakha Park was installed by Power Grid Corporation of India under Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). According to police, some unidentified anti-social elements mostly drunkards had vandalised the statue from the base.
Condemning the incident, Chandra Bhushan Pandey,former Secretary, Gandhi Satyagrah Museum,said that this park turns into a rendezvous place for boozers and drug addicts during night . The town police should immediately arrest the miscreants, Pandey added.
East Champaran DM Shirshat Kapil Ashok visited the place of occurrence and directed the Executive Officer of Nagar Nigam to install CCTV and deploy a guard at the park besides making lighting arrangement there. Police are investigating the matter.The Charakha Park was established by Gandhi Satyagrah Shatabdi Samaroh Samiti to mark the Satyagrah Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2017. .