Washington: The defacement of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue here was a “disgrace”, US President Donald Trump has said, days after it was vandalised by unknown miscreants with graffiti and spray painting during the nationwide protests against the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd.
The statue, which is across the road from the Indian Embassy, was vandalised on the intervening night of June 2 and 3, prompting the Indian embassy to register a complaint with the local law enforcement agencies.
It happened during the nationwide protests against the custodial killing of Floyd in Minneapolis. “It was a disgrace,” Trump made the brief comment at the White House when asked about the incident. (PTI)
