BATALA, April 4 -- The Batala Police on Thursday claimed to have solved the case of vandalism of BR Ambedkar's statue with the arrest of six suspects in this connection.

"Initially, the police thought that the damage to the statue was due to lack of care because a video recorded a day earlier showed that it was broken. When the police investigated the matter thoroughly using technical analysis and CCTV footage, it was found that the statue was vandalised on the intervening night of March 31 and April 1," said Satinder Singh, DIG (Border range).

Accompanied by Batala SSP Suhail Qasim Mir and SP (D) Batala Gurpartap Singh Sahota, the DIG said that a total of 7 persons came to the place where the statue is situated, in two cars and damaged...