WB: One held for vandalising Rabindranath Tagore's statue

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Last Updated : Mar 09 2019 | 6:50 PM IST

West Bengal police on Saturday held a man for vandalising the statue of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bidhannagar. After vandalising the statue, two of them managed to escape while the third one was caught and handed over to the police.

Speaking to ANI, TMC Councillor Nirmal Dutta said, "Three men vandalised the statue, we caught one of them while other two managed to escape. We don't know why they did it. The one who was caught has been handed over to the police."

Further details are awaited.

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First Published: Mar 09 2019 | 6:24 PM IST

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