Little Neck man charged with hate crime for destroying Gandhi statue in front of Queens Hindu temple: DA via QNS
Sign up for ourA Little Neck man was arrested and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime for allegedly smashing thein front of the Tulsi Mandir Temple in South Richmond Hill last month, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
Sukhpal Singh, 27, of Little Neck Road, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 17, and charged with one count of criminal mischief in the second degree as a hate crime, criminal mischief in the second degree and aggravated harassment in the first degree. Furthermore, according to Katz’s office, police officers observed video surveillance from Aug. 16 at 3 a.m., which depicted five individuals pushing down the statue, striking it several times with a sledgehammer and spray-painting it.
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