Indira Gandhi's portrait smeared with black ink in Suratkal

Unidentified persons have smeared a portrait of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with black ink at an under-construction Indira Canteen at Suratkal here on Friday night.

The portrait was put up outside the outlet. The police suspect that miscreants may have committed the act in the wee hours on Saturday.

Indira Canteen is a flagship programme of Karnataka government, which will provide food at subsidised rates to the people, working class in particular.