Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has said that exemplary punishment will be ensured to the person who tried to cause damage to the statue of Bharat Ratna Baba Sahib Dr BR Ambedkar at Heritage Street in Amritsar, last evening.

Describing it as an unfortunate and tragic incident, the Chief Minister said that it has bruised the psyche of everyone who respects Baba Sahib Ambedkar. Urging people to exercise restraint, he said that exemplary action would be ensured against such miscreants who are trying to disturb the peace in the state.

The Chief Minister solicited fulsome support and cooperation of the people in cementing the ethos of communal harmony, peace and brotherhood in the state.

Meanwhile, our correspondent reports that the said person had been arrested by the Amritsar police soon after the incident.