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Bhopal tense after damage to Ambedkar statue
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tension gripped the Bag Mugaliya area in Bhopal on Monday after a man damaged a statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar the previous night. Hundreds of Dalits came out on the streets in protest and demanded that the culprit be handed over to them.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->According to the police, on Sunday night a man, identified as Bholaram Ahirwar, a Dalit, threw stones at the Babasaheb Ambedkar statue in Bag Mughaliya, where a large number of Dalits live. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The mob surrounded the house of Bholaram and set it afire. However, the police managed to rescue four of his family — Bholaram, his wife Panbai and sons Mukesh and Lokesh<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Tehelka as usual missed covering this.