Firozabad, 13 Aug

(HS): On Tuesday late night, in the Shikohabad police station area, anti-social

elements vandalized Peer Baba's tomb and installed a statue of Lord Hanuman. On

Wednesday, after getting the information, the police removed the statue of Lord

Hanuman and got the tomb built.

The matter is of

village Malkhanpur of police station Shikohabad area. According to the

villagers, there is a many years old shrine of Peer Baba near Pratappur

crossroad. It is alleged that on Tuesday late night some anti-social elements

damaged this shrine and also installed the statue of Hanuman ji here. On

Wednesday, as soon as people came to know about this, a crowd gathered at the

spot. Police reached as soon as the information was received. Police handled

the situation by talking to the villagers. The police team immediately got the

shrine repaired and removed the statue of Hanuman ji. In view of the tense

situation in the area, police force has been deployed.

In this regard,

Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Triguna Vishen said that there was

a tomb in Malkhanpur village which was damaged by some anti-social elements at

night. After reaching the spot, the tomb has been rebuilt with the help of

local people and police teams have been formed to identify the anti-social elements.

Peace and order is maintained at the spot. Legal action is being taken.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi