Overview
- UP police registered an FIR under BNS Section 353(2) after an NHAI employee’s complaint over graffiti declaring the road off-limits to Muslims.
- Authorities are verifying a viral video that shows two women spray-painting the message on an elevated stretch near Biharigarh in Saharanpur.
- The slogan appeared in Hindi on the roadside and in English on a bridge railing along NH-72A near the Uttar Pradesh–Uttarakhand border.
- Local police quickly covered the words with black paint to prevent unrest, and efforts to identify those involved are ongoing.
- Hindu Raksha Dal leader Bhupendra ‘Pinky’ Chaudhary publicly claimed responsibility as the group’s state leader backed the act, while Uttarakhand BJP’s Mahendra Bhatt condemned it and Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain urged action to uphold equality.