Delhi

11 detained for defacing Aurangzeb Lane signboards

Staff Reporter

The Delhi Police on Saturday detained 11 people for allegedly defacing two Aurangzeb Lane signboards in Lutyens' Delhi on Saturday.

According to a senior police official, a police control room (PCR) call received information at 5.40 AM that a few people have gathered at Aurangzeb Lane, Tughlaq Road following which a police team was dispatched for the spot.

“After reaching the spot, police personnel found that 11 people led by Anuradha Bhargav (30), a resident of Karnal and an advocate by profession, had defaced an Aurangzeb Lane signboard and pasted a poster saying Guru Teg Bahadur Lane on another signage,” said the senior police official.

“They were detained and taken to Tughlaq Road police station,” the official said, adding that a probe into the matter is underway.