Overview
- The Noorpur Jattan bust, found defaced Tuesday morning, led police to register an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 298 and 61(2) and open an investigation.
- Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of the banned Sikhs for Justice released a video that shows the statue being struck and claims responsibility, with a warning of more acts between April 14 and 29 tied to a so‑called referendum.
- Garhshankar police filed a fresh case naming Pannun and unidentified persons, and a local officer said a land dispute at the site complicates permanent protection.
- Dalit groups gathered at the spot to protest, the Punjab BSP chief set a 72‑hour deadline for arrests, and officials urged people not to share inflammatory content online.
- The bust was also attacked in June 2025 and then put under glass, part of a string of vandalism cases in Punjab that have unsettled the Doaba region’s large Dalit community.