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LUDHIANA: The police arrested two men for setting on fire the statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi near Salem Tabri on Wednesday.
Passersby and those working near the spot doused the fire.
After learning about it, several Congress men gathered at the spot and got the statue painted. Once again, Congress’ Gursimran Singh Mand wiped the statue with his turban, stirring a controversy.
In December 2018, some Akali leaders had smeared the statue with black paint and Mand had cleaned it with his turban.
ADCP-1 Pragya Jain said, “Accused Ramandeep Singh Nihang and Satpal Singh Navi have been arrested. Both have a criminal background. Ramandeep has six FIRs against him and Satpal 17.”