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Stickers Targeting PM Modi Pasted on Ahmedabad Hoarding; FIR Filed
Some people put stickers with angry words about India's Prime Minister on a big government billboard in the city of Ahmedabad.
The billboard showed the Prime Minister and told people about a solar power program called PM Surya Ghar.
The stickers were put up on August 5.
The words on the stickers were about a student protest in New Delhi called Jantar Mantar.
The students were upset because there was a problem with the NEET exam paper.
The people who put the stickers also broke part of the billboard's frame and lights.
The company that handles the billboard told the police what happened.
The police filed a case to find out who did it.
Nobody has been arrested yet, and the stickers have been taken down.
Police are still investigating.
Stickers carrying slogans targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi were found pasted on a government hoarding in Ahmedabad's Navrangpura area.
The hoarding was a government advertisement for the PM Surya Ghar scheme featuring Modi's photograph, located near a railway crossing.
The slogans referenced the student-led protest at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak and Gen Z participation in the agitation.
Police registered an FIR against unidentified persons under Section 324(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.
No arrests have been made so far; the stickers have been removed, and the damage was estimated at Rs 26,500.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the target; unidentified persons pasted the stickers; the complaint was filed by a manager of the company handling the hoarding.
- What
- Controversial stickers with slogans targeting the PM were pasted on a government hoarding, causing property damage and leading to an FIR.
- Where
- On a government hoarding near a railway crossing in the Navrangpura area of Ahmedabad.
- When
- Stickers were pasted on August 5; the FIR was registered on Sunday evening, and the report was published on August 10.
- Why
- The slogans targeted the PM over the student-led protest at Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak and Gen Z participation in the agitation.
Key facts
- Location
- Navrangpura area, Ahmedabad, near a railway crossing
- Hoarding content
- PM Surya Ghar scheme advertisement with PM Modi's photograph
- Incident date
- August 5
- Estimated loss
- Rs 26,500
- FIR sections
- Section 324(4) of BNS; Section 3, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984
- Police station
- Navrangpura police station
- Arrests
- None so far
- Status
- Stickers removed; investigation ongoing
Quotes
Inspector NA Desai
Inspector at Navrangpura police station
“We have registered an FIR against unknown persons for pasting such posters. No one has been arrested so far.”
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