New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- India on Tuesday condemned the theft of a Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Australian Indian Community Centre in Melbourne and said it had strongly raised the issue with Australian authorities to recover the missing figurine. The bronze statue was allegedly removed from the community centre at Rowville in Melbourne in the early hours of January 12, according to reports in the Australian media. The Knox Crime Investigation Unit of Australia's Victoria state is currently investigating the crime. "We strongly condemn the vandalisation and removal of the Mahatma Gandhi statue located at the Australian Indian Community Centre in Rowville, Melbourne, by unidentified people," external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal ...