MP: Hindu Mahasabha set to install statue of Narayan Apte, Mahatma's assassin

The Hindu Mahasabha is all set to install a statue of Narayan Apte, who was hanged for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi. Hindu Mahasabha has already sent the statue for installation in UP's Meerut. The statue was sculpted in Gwalior in two months time.

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): The Hindu Mahasabha is all set to install a statue of Narayan Apte, who was hanged for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi. Hindu Mahasabha has already sent the statue for installation in UP's Meerut. The statue was sculpted in Gwalior in two months time.

Gwalior SP, Amit Sanghi, has said that the police has no information in this regard, the department is currently gathering information. The statue of the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi was made at the cost Rs 45,000 and it will be installed in Meerut in October. The Hindu Mahasabha has been dodging the police and administration. Even when Nathuram Godse's temple and Gyanshala were established, the administration was clueless.

Who is Narayan Apte

The police had arrested nine accused including Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Narayan Apte stood by Nathuram Godse at the time of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination on 30 January 1948. In the hearing of the case, the court sentenced Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte to death. At the same time, 6 other accused were given life imprisonment and Veer Savarkar was acquitted by the court due to lack of evidence. Godse and Narayan Apte were hanged on 15 November 1949 in Ambala Jail.