Lahore: Aug 21: For third time, the Statue of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Lahore was vandalized. The person who had vandalized got arrested on Tuesday and further a magisterial court granted him bail on Friday, Express Tribune reported.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Statue Vandilizer Gets Bail…
Accused Rizwan’s counsel informed the court that the police completed their investigation and have recovered a hammer from him. He further said the court that the sections under which the FIR was registered were bailable and requested the court to grant bail to the accused.
Then the Court granted him bail.
As said, the accused is an activist of the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab, was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
The nine-foot-tall structure in bronze was unveiled at the Lahore Fort on June 27, 2019, to mark the former ruler’s 180th death anniversary.
