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2019-10-04 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Gandhi's ashes stolen and photo defaced on 150th birthday

[BBC News] Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi's remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say.

The ashes were taken from a memorial in central India, where they had been kept since 1948 - the year of Gandhi's assassination by a Hindu extremist.

The thieves also scrawled "traitor" in green paint across photographs of the independence leader.

Some Hindu hardliners view Gandhi as a traitor for his advocacy of Hindu-Muslim unity.

This is despite Gandhi being a devout Hindu himself.

Police in Rewa, in Madhya Pradesh state, confirmed to BBC Hindi's Shuriah Niazi that they were investigating the theft on the grounds of actions "prejudicial to national integration" and potential breach of the peace.

Mangaldeep Tiwari, caretaker of the Bapu Bhawan memorial, where the ashes were being held, said the theft was "shameful".

"I opened the gate of the Bhawan early in the morning because it was Gandhi's birthday," he told Indian website The Wire. "When I returned at around 23:00 [17:30 GMT], I found the mortal remains of Gandhi missing and his poster was defaced."

Police took action after Gurmeet Singh - leader of the local Congress political party - filed a complaint.

"This madness must stop," Mr Singh told The Wire. "I urge Rewa police to check CCTV cameras installed inside Bapu Bhawan."

Posted by 3dc 2019-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Maybe he decided to "Quit India".

Posted by charger 2019-10-04 17:04|| 2019-10-04 17:04|| Front Page Top

#2 And some just dislike people who went around proclaiming their moral superiority - remember Gandhi's advice to European Jews?
And I haven't even mentioned his descendants' behavior.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-04 17:09|| 2019-10-04 17:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Probably an attempt to villify the right-wing hindu outfits, by lovers of green paint, get the administration to hunt for right-wingers and highlight what creeps they are for hating hindu-muslim integration, which is so fucking spectacular. The hindus use shades of red and orange for their stuff. So I ask ;

Who stocks up on green paint for their graffiti ?

Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-04 17:23|| 2019-10-04 17:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I say stealing any person's remains is a heinous crime no matter what the reason. The people who did it are pure evil and I don't have a dog in this fight.

Posted by jpal 2019-10-04 21:02|| 2019-10-04 21:02|| Front Page Top

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