New Delhi: Ahead of G20 Summit, pro-Khalistan messages found written at many metro stations

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, Aug 27

Delhi Police, gearing for the upcoming G20 Leaders’ Summit in the national capital, faced its first major challenge on Sunday when anti-India and pro-Khalistan graffiti appeared on the metro stations across several locations in the city.

More than five metro stations in the national capital were defaced with anti-India slogans, Delhi police said, adding that a case had been registered and CCTV footage of the metro station sites had been retrieved to track the case and get leads.

Sikhs for Justice, a pro-Khalistan group, also released raw footage of Delhi metro stations that have been defaced, police sources said, adding that from Shivaji Park to Punjabi Bagh the graffiti surfaced at many metro stations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Saturday urged cooperation of the Delhi residents in making the upcoming G20 event a success.

Meanwhile, Delhi police sources said they were actively monitoring social media sites in order to prevent any potential rumours, hate messaging or inflammatory content that can cause a law and order situation in the city.

Security in malls, religious places, public places including markets had been beefed up already.

Delhi LG VK Saxena, in a recent meeting to review preparations for the summit, said that 60 deputy commissioners of police have been roped in for specific responsibilities to ensure smooth conduct of the international event of great importance for India, which is the G20 President this year.

So far, 80 teams of medical specialists and 130 ambulances had been drafted to deal with medical emergencies should any arise during the Summit.

The Delhi government has already announced a holiday from September 8 to 10, with reports of several citizens planning on leaving the city for a long weekend and tourism operators getting flooded with calls.