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One arrested for vandalising Veer Tejaji Maharaj statue in Jaipur, says Police

The incident sparked outrage among locals, who took to the streets on Saturday, hampering the vehicular movement on the busy Tonk Road as a mark of dissent.

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One person has been arrested in connection with the vandalism of the statue of Veer Tejaji Maharaj, a revered folk deity in Rajasthan, police said. Speaking to ANI, Jaipur Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Tejaswani Gautam said, "More than 10 teams of our worked and arrested the accused Siddharth Singh. He runs a cafe in Raja Park."

"He said that he was mentally disturbed because his work was not going well, so when he saw the temple and offered prayer there, he got angry in frustration and vandalised the statue. The accused was immediately traced out and arrested within a few hours," DCP Gautam said. Meanwhile, a wave of unrest swept through Jaipur's Pratap Nagar area after a statue of Veer Tejaji Maharaj, a revered folk deity in Rajasthan, was allegedly vandalised by unidentified miscreants late Friday night.

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