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"Arrest Me Too": Rahul Gandhi Tweets Same Poster Against PM Modi Which Got 25 People Arrested

Delhi Police have arrested 25 people for putting posters in Delhi criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by sharing the same poster which were put up in Delhi to allegedly criticise the PM for vaccine shortage. Delhi Police have arrested 25 people in the case. 

Arrest me too," Rahul Gandhi tweeted today in both English and Hindi, along with the "white Hindi words on black background" poster that led to the arrests. It read: "Modi ji, why did you send vaccines meant for our children, abroad?"

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After Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, P Chidambaram,  Congress spokesperson Randeep Single Surjewala also changed their Twitter profile picture and used the same poster. 

Other Congress leaders also took to Twitter and used the same poster to slam Prime Minister Modi.

The Delhi police have said it had also registered around 25 cases under the Defacement of Public Property Act & Section 188 in the matter relating to the posters.

On May 12, the police were informed about posters criticising PM Modi were put up across the city. It is being said that police recovered around 800 such posters and banners and removed all of them by May 13.  According to a media report, those arrested include a 19-year school dropout, a 30-year e-rickshaw driver, a 61-year-old wage laborer.

Police said that an FIR was registered in North Delhi and one person was arrested. This person has claimed that he was given 500 rupees for putting up three posters. Another case was registered in Shahdara, where police recovered CCTV footage of the incident and tried to apprehend the people involved in the incident.

Who directed to put up these posters?

The Delhi police is probing the matter to find out who instructed these people to put up the posters by giving them money, however, they have not been able to find the main culprit and are questioning the 25 people arrested in the case so far.

The arrests were made by four different divisions of the police - eastern range, east, central  and northeast - suggesting the operation was a coordinated action.

 

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