While the entire world celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday, unidentified miscreants stole the mortal remains of the Mahatma kept at Bapu Bhawan in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.

The miscreants also wrote anti-national on the picture of the father of the nation that was put up on a hoarding-like structure inside the Bhawan.

The act was first spotted by Rewa district Congress chief Gurmeet Singh when he, along with other Congress workers, reached Laxman Bagh, which houses the Bapu Bhawan, to pay tributes to the father of the nation.

Gurmeet Singh lodged a formal complaint with the police and Congress workers staged a protest seeking identification and action of the miscreants.

"This appears to be the handiwork of those who love Nathuram Godse, the killer of Gandhi. This hatred must immediately stop and police should move swiftly to identify and nab the culprits," Gurmeet Singh said.

Rewa district SP Abid Khan confirmed that a case under sections 153 B, 504 and 505 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against unidentified miscreants.

"We received the complaint from Gurmeet Singh and an FIR has been lodged. We are trying to identify the culprits and CCTV footage of Bapu Bhawan and nearby areas is being scanned," Abid Khan said.

Residents of the area are in a state of shock and at a loss of words on how the miscreants could enter Bapu Bhawan and do the misdeed without being noticed.