100 FIRs over a slogan, why?: AAP

A banner hangs from a bridge, in Delhi. Pic/Twitter

Delhi police have filed at least 100 FIRs in connection with the hanging of posters and banners with the slogan--Modi hatao, desh bachao, officers said on Wednesday.

Police said at least 2,000 posters were removed and a similar number were seized from a van at IP Estate when it was coming out from the AAP headquarters on DDU Marg. Six people, including owners of two printing presses, have been arrested.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pic/PTI

"Dictatorship of Modi government is at its peak. What is so objectionable in this poster that Modi ji has filed 100 FIR? PM Modi, you probably do not know but India is a democratic country. So scared of one poster! Why?" AAP tweeted.

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Police claimed the FIRs were filed for violation of the Printing Press Act and Defacement of Property Act. There was no mention of the printing press or the publisher on the posters, they added.

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