A 35-foot statue of the revered Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled at a fort in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, collapsed on Monday, officials said. The statue collapsed around 1 pm at Rajkot Fort in Malvan, the official told PTI. 

According to the PTI report, experts will now ascertain the cause of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue collapse. The collapse came as the district witnessed heavy rains and gusty winds in the last two to three days, the news agency report stated.