27-yr-old apprehended for defacing Parliament Street police station wall

New Delhi: A 27-year-old man has been apprehended for allegedly defacing the Parliament Street police station wall with graffiti during senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s sit-in protest on Friday, a police officer said on Sunday

New Delhi: A 27-year-old man has been apprehended for allegedly defacing the Parliament Street police station wall with graffiti during senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s sit-in protest on Friday, a police officer said on Sunday.

Police said that after the protest, they found the wall outside the deputy commissioner of police office at the police station defaced with spray paint. (Representational image)

Police said that after the protest, they found the wall outside the deputy commissioner of police office at the police station defaced with spray paint.

Police registered an FIR under the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act. The police station is also a heritage building, built in 1913 and designated as a police station in 1920.

Police said that with the help of CCTV footage, they identified and detained the accused, a Jharkhand resident. Following questioning, an officer said he was granted bail as the offence was bailable.

On Friday, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other Congress leaders and workers staged a seven-hour protest at the police station demanding an FIR based on the complaint of 19-year-old Delhi University student Sahil Lochab, who allegedly received pellet injuries during a July 20 Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest and lost vision in one eye. Police registered the FIR later that day.