Overview
- In Loni, Ghaziabad, a roadside Ambedkar statue found damaged Sunday drew a sit-in that blocked the Delhi–Saharanpur Highway.
- Ghaziabad police registered a case, detained multiple suspects, deployed a SWAT team, reviewed CCTV, and ordered a replacement statue to calm the area.
- Days earlier in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, police arrested three men over a March 30–31 attack in Nurpur Jattan and recovered a metal rod and mobile phones as evidence.
- Investigators in Hoshiarpur say the accused were lured with about ₹50,000 and are probing possible direction by overseas activists linked to Sikhs for Justice, as SFJ’s Gurpatwant Singh Pannun claimed responsibility in a video.
- The incidents touched a raw nerve because Ambedkar statues symbolize Dalit rights, drawing protests and demands for strict action from local leaders who say such attacks strain community relations.