On Thursday, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against a man by Andheri police for defacing Congress posters at Metro stations. The man was arrested but later released on bail.
According to Mid-Day, the man entered the Mumbai Metro premises unlawfully, scribbled over posters and hoardings of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and wrote ‘chor’ next to them. The accused has been identified as Nilesh Bachulal Rathod. The incident took place on Tuesday when the accused allegedly barged into the premises of the Mumbai Metro unlawfully and scribbled over posters and hoardings put up at the Metro station. The accused did not stop at one station but was found doing it at several Metro stations from Versova to Ghatkopar.
Later when the Andheri Metro staff noticed the defacement and later the Mumbai Metro authorities took the matter to Andheri police station. An officer told the leading daily, “The person accused was arrested and told us that he was unhappy with the Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his jibe ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While travelling on the Metro he saw various hoardings of Rahul Gandhi put up along the route and later he decided to put some remarks on the posters.”
The cops booked and arrested the man as per the Delhi Metro act section 64 (1) (Penalty for unlawfully entering or remaining upon metro railway or walking on metro track), 72 (defacing public notices) and relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1995. Then was arrested on Thursday and later granted bail in the matter.
