Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, Mar 02: Large number of people residing at Lal Bijan area
today protested against the Administration for removing a statue of Lord Hanuman, installed near a branch road at Lal Bijan, Dairy Farm.
According to reports, on complaint of setting up of a Hanuman statue along the roadside a team of PBMC and staffs from District Commissioner office and Police reached the spot and removed the Hanuman statue from the aforesaid place.
Fearing violence, it is also learnt that police team applied some force to keep protesters away.
The agitating people said the removal would hit the sentiments of the people living in the village.
“From the year 1985 we are offering prayers to Lord Hanuman at the same place. Long back at the same place there was a mango tree and below that there was a Hanuman Statue, where we used to offer prayers there but due to the construction of retaining wall and road the administration had cut the tree and only after completion of road and retaining wall we have installed the statue in the same place for offering prayers,” an agitator said.
“Our motive is to offer prayers and not to construct a temple. We all residents have no problem in that and we all are ready to give NOC,” said another resident of the area.
Finally, after removal of the statue of Lord Hanuman, the residents of the area again kept a photo frame of the Lord Hanuman at the same place.
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