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‘Religious party activist’ arrested for vandalising statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Zaheer confesses to breaking of an arm of the statue placed in Lahore s Shahi Qila
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LAHORE:
A young man in Lahore was arrested on Friday for allegedly vandalising the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Sikh empire during 19th century.
Zaheer, a resident of Harbanspura an area of the provincial capital, broke an arm of the statue which is placed near Shahi Qila, Lahore.
The accused, reportedly an active member of religious party, has confessed to his crime. In his initial statement to the police, the suspect claimed that Ranjit Singh’s statue should not have been built as he had committed atrocities against Muslims when he was a ruler.