<p class="title">A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was desecrated by unidentified people at a college in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district, police said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The matter was reported by the Principal of the Sri Gandhi Inter College, Orai, Ravi Kumar, on Friday morning, Superintendent of Police Satish Kumar said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officer said an FIR has been registered against unidentified persons on a complaint from the college and work to repair the statue has started.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Locals and political parties staged a protest against the incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress district president Shyam Sundar claimed that the statue was unveiled by former prime minister Indira Gandhi and demanded installation of a new statue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sundar said according to Hindu dharma, a damaged statue is replaced and not repaired. "We will stage a dharna (sit-in) till a new statue is installed," he said. </p>
<p class="title">A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was desecrated by unidentified people at a college in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district, police said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The matter was reported by the Principal of the Sri Gandhi Inter College, Orai, Ravi Kumar, on Friday morning, Superintendent of Police Satish Kumar said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officer said an FIR has been registered against unidentified persons on a complaint from the college and work to repair the statue has started.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Locals and political parties staged a protest against the incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress district president Shyam Sundar claimed that the statue was unveiled by former prime minister Indira Gandhi and demanded installation of a new statue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sundar said according to Hindu dharma, a damaged statue is replaced and not repaired. "We will stage a dharna (sit-in) till a new statue is installed," he said. </p>