By IANS,
Ghaziabad: An agitated mob Friday blocked traffic in Ghaziabad after a statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was found damaged in the Bamheta locality of the city, police said.
At 6.30 a.m. Friday, locals discovered that the right arm of the statue was damaged.
They informed a senior leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), who visited the spot.
Meanwhile, as the news spread to other localities, a mob led by Dalit leaders jammed vehicular movement on the Grant Trunk Road near Bhatia Mor.
However, police managed to get the situation under control and vehicular movement was restored after senior police officers assured the immediate arrest of the culprits who damaged the statue.
District magistrate Aparna Upadhyay said the damaged part of the statue would be repaired.
BSP leader Rahul Dev Gautam also lodged a complaint with the police on the basis of which the police registered a criminal case under section 427 of the IPC against as yet unidentified criminals.