nIn an act of vandalism, signboards on Akbar Road and Humayun Road were blackened and posters of Chhatrapati Shivaji were pasted over them. Police sources revealed that the incident occurred after a group of individuals watched the Vicky Kaushal-starring film Chhava, a period drama based on Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Sambhaji.
Many purported videos of the act surfaced on different social media platforms, showing some youth applying black spray on the signboards and pasting pictures of Maratha Empire founder Shivaji. Sambhaji, Shivaji's son, was the second king of the empire.
The sources said police teams and civic officials were immediately sent to the spot and the defaced boards were cleaned.
