Hoshiarpur, June 11 -- An incident of desecration of a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar, installed atop a building near a canal in Noorpur Jattan village under the Mahilpur police station area in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, came to light on Tuesday, police said.

Inspector Gagandeep Singh said both hands of the statue were found disfigured by unidentified miscreants. A case has been registered on the complaint of Kulwant Singh Bhuno, General Secretary of Ambedkar Sena of India and resident of Bhuno village in the Chabbewal area.

According to the FIR, Kulwant Singh stated that he received information about a viral video showing the statue in a damaged condition. On visiting the site, he found that both hands of the statue had indeed been tamper...