Haveri, April 20 -- Miscreants vandalised Mahatma Gandhi's statue overnight at Mahatma Gandhi Road in Haveri city.

Taking cognisance of the incident, Haveri SP Yashoda Vantagodi and the city police visited the spot and conducted an inspection. Later, the police took the 2-foot-tall defaced statue to the city police station.

A case has been registered under the jurisdiction of Haveri city police station. The police are inspecting the city's CCTV as the one in Gandhi Circle was reportedly shut down.

Locals expressed their anger at the miscreants' act and expressed hopes for a prompt investigation into the matter.

Further details are awaited.

Earlier, in a separate incident, a statue of BR Ambedkar was vandalised and defaced at Ambedkar...