Delhi Police arrest 15 for anti-Modi posters
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 15
The Delhi Police have registered 17 FIRs and arrested 15 persons for allegedly pasting posters critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the vaccination drive against Covid, officials in the force said.
The posters, which were pasted in different parts of the city, read: “Modiji humare bachon ki vaccine videsh kyu bhej diya (PM why did you send vaccines of our children to foreign countries?).”
On Thursday, the police had received information about the posters, following which senior officers of the districts were alerted. Based on further complaints, 17 FIRs were registered under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the IPC and Section 3 of the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act across various districts of the Delhi Police.
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