FIR lodged over posters questioning govt performance in Delhi Metro

Delhi Police registered an FIR against unidentified persons after two posters questioning the government’s performance were found inside a train on the Airport Express Line. The posters, which included a QR code inviting people to join an online group, were seized.

New Delhi: An FIR has been registered against unidentified persons after two posters questioning the government’s performance and raising various issues were found pasted inside a train on the Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line, police sources said.

The A4-sized black-and-white posters carried phrases such as “You Can Change Your Own Life”, “Voting Protest”, “Spectrum of Engagement”, “Community Building Reform” and “Dissatisfied? You Are Not Alone”. They also listed nine claims about changes in the country in recent years, the sources said.

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The posters, which invited people to join an online group through a QR code, were seized by the police. The Special Cell is also involved in the investigation, they said.

According to the FIR, the incident came to light on October 20 when Tarun Chaudhary, a train operator with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) deployed on the Airport Express Line, was on duty.

Chaudhary left New Delhi station for Yashobhoomi station at around 6.50 pm, and the train reached its destination at around 7.15 pm. While inspecting the train from inside the cabin, he noticed two posters pasted on a seat, the FIR stated.

He removed the posters 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 subsequently informed the police.

Efforts are being made to identify the person who pasted the posters inside the train, the sources said.