{"id":198326,"date":"2022-08-20T00:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=198326"},"modified":"2022-08-20T00:14:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T18:44:01","slug":"strongly-condemn-india-on-mahatma-gandhis-statue-vandalised-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/08\/20\/strongly-condemn-india-on-mahatma-gandhis-statue-vandalised-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Strongly Condemn&#8221;: India On Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s Statue Vandalised In New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New York, Aug 19 (PTI): The Consulate General of India in New York on Friday strongly condemned the vandalisation of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside a Hindu temple In New York and has taken up the matter with US authorities to ensure those responsible for the &#8220;despicable action&#8221; are held accountable.<br \/>\nIn a possible hate crime, unidentified persons destroyed a handcrafted statue of Mahatma Gandhi with a sledgehammer at the Hindu temple in Queens after vandalising it earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Consulate said in a statement that it &#8220;strongly condemns the vandalisation of the Mahatma Gandhi statue outside a temple in Queens, New York. We have taken up the matter with US authorities seeking thorough investigation so that those responsible for such despicable action are held accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Surveillance video showed a person hitting a statue of Mahatma Gandhi with a sledgehammer on Tuesday, before smashing the head off and toppling it over, according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minutes later, a group of six stomped on it and take turns hammering the statue before taking off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New York Police Department is investigating both incidents as possible hate crimes, media reports said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, Aug 19 (PTI): The Consulate General of India in New York on Friday strongly condemned the vandalisation of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside a Hindu temple In New York and has taken up the matter with US authorities to ensure those responsible for the &#8220;despicable action&#8221; are held accountable. In a possible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-198326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}