Man granted bail in statue vandalising case

The suspect was accused of vandalising statue located at Lahore Fort

LAHORE:

A magisterial court granted post-arrest bail to a man for vandalising the statue of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh located at the Lahore Fort.

As police produced Muhammad Rizwan before the magisterial court, the investigation officer requested the court they have no objection if the accused was sent on judicial remand.

Meanwhile, the accused’s counsel informed the court that police have completed their investigation, recovered a hammer from the possession of the accused.

He further implored the court that the sections under which the FIR was registered are bail-able. He requested the court to grant bail to the accused.

Subsequently, the judge granted bail to the aforementioned accused.

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It is worth mentioning that this is the third time when the statue of Ranjit Singh has been vandalized since unveiling in 2019 to commemorate the ruler’s 180th death anniversary.

The first attack of vandalism took place when two men struck it with wooden rods, as a result of which one of its arms broke and damage to other parts.

The attackers then were protesting against the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status at the hands of India.

While a second attack was been reported in December 2020, wherein a man broke one arm of the statue.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 21^st, 2021.