Graffiti against Home Minister Amit Shah: Delhi Police arrest Youth Congress worker, court grants bail

Delhi Police has arrested a 27-year-old Indian Youth Congress worker, Karan, for allegedly defacing the walls of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) office with graffiti containing slogans against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The slogans were spray-painted in black near the entrance of the DCP office on August 21, the same day that Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi staged a seven-hour sit-in at Parliament Street police station to demand the registration of an FIR over pellet injuries suffered by a 19-year-old during protests.

Police officers covered the graffiti with white paint after Karan was arrested from Jharkhand on August 21. He was booked under the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act and later granted bail with a notice under the Act. Authorities are investigating if there were other participants in the alleged defacement. Gandhi had alleged that the FIR was registered only after receiving "final permission" from Home Minister Shah, suggesting that policemen were reluctant to lodge the FIR due to top-level interference.