A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was found vandalised at Central Park in Davis California. The Indian-American community has taken exception to the vandalism has petitioned the local authorities to get a new statue erected at the same place. They have also urged that the culprits responsible for the act be booked.
The incident occurred days before the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30.
6-foot-tall, 950-pound bronze statue appears to have been sawed off at the ankles and half its face was severed and missing. City staff discovered vandalism to the statue of Gandhi in Central Park the following morning.
It was pointed out that the Gandhi statue in Central Park stood for four years and three months before it was found toppled and broken.
