NEW DELHI, October 24 (Aalimi Nation) – Delhi Police have registered a First Information Report against unidentified persons after two posters questioning the government's performance were found inside a Delhi Metro train on the Airport Express Line, police sources said on Saturday.
The Special Cell is also involved in the investigation, and police are trying to identify who pasted the posters. Officials have not said which sections of law were invoked in the FIR, and no arrests have been reported.
What the posters said
The posters were black-and-white A4 sheets. They carried phrases including "Voting Protest", "You Can Change Your Own Life", "Spectrum of Engagement" and "Community Building Reform", along with the line "Dissatisfied? You Are Not Alone". They also listed nine claims about changes in the country in recent years. The reports available so far do not specify what those claims were. A QR code on the sheets invited people to join an online group, police sources said.
How the posters came to light
According to the FIR as described by police sources, Tarun Chaudhary, a train operator with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), was on duty on the Airport Express Line on October 20. He left New Delhi station at about 6:50 pm for Yashobhoomi station, which the train reached at about 7:15 pm.
While inspecting the train from the cabin, he noticed two posters pasted on a seat. He removed them and informed his senior officers and the Operations Control Centre. He was then directed to hand them over to the station controller at Dwarka Sector 21, who informed the police.
There has been no statement so far from the DMRC or from police officials on the content of the posters or on who may have been behind them, and no group has been reported to have claimed responsibility. The online group named through the QR code has not been identified in the available accounts.
The wider political context
The discovery comes at a time of sustained political activity over the electoral process. Opposition parties have been protesting the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and have demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Congress has said that the INDIA bloc will hold a rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on November 1 on the issue, and the Delhi Police have granted permission for it.
Nothing in the police accounts so far connects the posters to those protests or to any political party, and the investigators have not described a motive. No organisation has been identified as being behind the sheets.
Investigators are expected to examine the posters, which police have taken into custody, and to establish who put them up. Officials have not said what other steps are being taken to trace those responsible.
For now the case remains at an early stage. Police have not named any suspect, and the FIR is registered against unidentified persons. Further details are likely to emerge if investigators trace the origin of the posters or the online group linked through the QR code.
