Statue of Sikh soldier vandalized after less than a week
Statue of Sikh soldier vandalized after less than a week A statue of a Sikh soldier which was unveiled in less than a week ago has been vandalized. A graffiti was done on the ‘Lions of the Great War Bronze’ statue. A thick black line was drawn across the words, ‘Great War’ and words ‘Sepoys no more ‘was added to it. According to the authorities, the graffiti has now been removed. Also Read: Sikh community exempt from helmet laws in Peshawar According to the media sources, black and gold paint was used to vandalize the monument. Police has decided to treat this vandalism as a criminal offense. The statue represents all South Asians who were a part of world wars. The public demanded that the culprit should be caught soon. Also Read: China wants historical cemetery at Ramgarh to be turned into global tourist spot You can see the following tweet:
-PTC NEWSA 10ft statue of a #Sikh soldier unveiled last week outside Smethwick Sikh gurdwara to commemorate the First World War was vandalised last night and had graffiti written over it - it’s been taken off now but this is what was written. Sepoy is how the British referred to soldiers pic.twitter.com/YdYI8WPlwz — Amardeep Bassey (@ambassey) November 9, 2018
