Desecration of Gandhi statue 'crime against humanity': Ambassador Sandhu

The statue is situated in a small park maintained by the National Park Service, near the Embassy of India in US

Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday (local time) termed the desecration of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi as "crime against humanity".

"Gandhi's statue is an iconic monument here. This is a federal piece of land, and this particular Park is controlled by the National Park Police. This was in fact, inaugurated in September 2000 by the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the then US President Bill Clinton," Sandhu told ANI.

"And ever since that time we have seen many people come and sit here. They pay their respects. On the night of the 2nd and perhaps