Posters targeting government found pasted inside Delhi Metro airport Express Line coach, FIR registered

The Delhi Police’s Metro unit has registered a case against unidentified people after two posters targeting the government over various issues and questioning its performance were found pasted on a seat inside a train on the Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line on Tuesday evening, police officers aware of the matter said on Saturday.

The first information report (FIR) was registered at the IGI Airport police station under section 3 of the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property (DPDP) Act for defacement of property and section 62 of the Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act for demonstration upon metro railway, the officers said.

The two A4-sized black-and-white posters, which were pasted on a seat, carried many phrases showing dissatisfaction against the central government over multiple issues.

The complaintThe FIR was registered on Wednesday on the complaint of Tarun Chaudhary, who is employed as a train operator on the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) Airport Express Line. Chaudhary’s duty was on the train, inside which he found the two alleged posters pasted on a seat.