Spotlight Northeast
17 May,2021* 13:02 IST* 2 MIN READ
One poster, where some people raised genuine question over vaccination drive against Covid-19 to PM Narendra Modi and now Delhi Police have registered 17 FIRs and arrested 15 people for allegedly pasting that posters.
The poster reads, “Modiji humare bachon ki vaccine videsh kyu bhej diya? ” (PM, Why did you send vaccine of our children to foreign countries?), and these posters were pasted in several parts in Delhi.
After receiving information about the poster pasting, at least 17 FIRs were registered and more FIRs are likely to be registered once more inputs are received.
FIRs were registered under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code and other relevant sections, including section 3 of the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, across various districts of the Delhi Police, officials said.
Police are examining CCTV footages to arrest more person related to pasting.
Rahul Gandhi, along with other opposition leaders criticising the Central Government decision to arrest and filing cases, have changed their display picture on Twitter. Rahul Gandhi even shared the image and said, “Arrest me too. ”
Arrest me too.
मुझे भी गिरफ़्तार करो। pic.twitter.com/eZWp2NYysZ
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 16, 2021
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/xVkSuREOF0
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) May 16, 2021
It’s not new that when anything goes against PM Modi and BJP, they try to demolish any public right of democratic protesting.
The Delhi Police has claimed that AAP leader Arvind Gautam was behind the posters pasted in the city.