Dehradun: Statue of police horse 'Shaktiman' removed
Following backlash on social media over 'Shaktiman' being given more importance than the cops who lost their lives, the Uttarakhand government has removed the statue of the police horse installed at Police Lines.
"The statue was here till last evening. This morning when I came here, it wasn't there. It was a horse statue. I don't know where it vanished," a local resident told ANI.
Chief Minister Harish Rawat was supposed to inaugurate the 'Shaktiman Park' named after the police horse, who was critically maimed in a BJP rally, by MP Ganesh Joshi earlier on 14 March.
However, Rawat skipped the inaugural ceremony on Monday and left the venue soon after his visit.
Dehradun: Statue of police horse "Shaktiman" removed from memorial which was being constructed at Vidhan Sabha Marg pic.twitter.com/M9DhC1I333
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 12, 2016
Shaktiman was a well-trained 13-year-old horse of the Uttarakhand Mounted Police.
When the horse was deployed by the police during a BJP rally, Joshi had allegedly attacked the animal's leg with a baton, critically injuring him. The outrage over this incident was so large that Joshi was briefly arrested.
The white-coloured Kathiawari horse succumbed to its injuries on 20 April.
-ANI
First published: 12 July 2016, 12:53 IST
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