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Protest against statue defacement

— Photo: K. Murali Kumar

FOR A HERO: Residents staging a protest in front of the defaced statue of late Rajkumar on Mysore Road in Bangalore on Sunday.

BANGALORE: Residents of Panterpalya on Sunday staged a protest against the defacement of a statue of thespian late Rajkumar on Mysore Road. The residents, who blocked traffic, have called for a bandh in the area on Monday.

The residents said the statue of the thespian was installed in the area three days ago. On Sunday, a man, who came to wash the statue, noticed the defacement. It was said that a figure of a pigeon which was part of the statue was also missing. A portion of the statue was damaged.

Angry over the incident, the residents and members of the Akhila Karnataka Shivarajkumar Abhimanigala Kannada Sangha staged the protest. “We are pained over the defacement to the statue. We want the police to take action against those who are involved,” said sangha president M. Muniyappa.

The protestors blocked traffic on Bangalore-Mysore Road for nearly an hour. The Byatarayanapura police came to the spot and dispersed the protestors.

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