Liberation War memorial sculpture in Bogura covered with black cloth on Victory Day

A Liberation War memorial sculpture was covered with black cloth in Bogura town today, as the nation celebrates Victory Day.

Some people, led by Bogura district Jubo League unit President Shuvashish Poddar Liton, covered the sculpture around 3:00pm, reports our Bogura correspondent.

While talking to The Daily Star, Shuvashish said that they did it as the sculpture had been "distorted" while renovation.

"It was broken when a truck hit it in 2016," he said. After renovation, the stature did not look like before, he added.

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"We talked to the municipality authorities about the sculpture. They will renovate it again. It will be covered till renovation is complete," he added.

Bogura Municipality Assistant Engineer Abu Jafar Md Reza said that the sculpture was renovated fast in 2016 after it was damaged.

"We will renovate it again," he added.