Statue ofMahatmavandalised

Balasore: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was found vandalised in Sovarampur government nodal upper primary school in Balasore district. It came to light when locals entered the school premises on Sunday after they noticed that some trees had been felled inside the compound.
President, school managing committee, Surendra Singh, said, “Five anti-socials entered the school on June 14 evening.They vandalised the statue installed in 2006 besides ransacking the school and its garden,” he said. “A room christened ‘Bapuji Kakhya’ in the school in honour of the ‘Father of the Nation’ was also ransacked. Cigarette butts and empty liquor bottles were strewn on the floor,” he added.
Sailabala Rout, headmistress of the school said after school hours, the anti-socials enter the premises with liquor and drugs. IIC of Sahadevkhunta police station S S Nayak said the incident is suspected to have taken place on June 14 and could be the handiwork of anti-socials as the school was shut for the summer vacation.