Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar’s portrait at Ghaziabad railway station defaced, right-wing activists mistook it for Aurangzeb

The Railway Protection Force, meanwhile, has registered a case against unknown people under Sections 147 (unlawful entry upon or into any part of a railway) and 166 (defacing) of the Railways Act stating that it is a matter of investigation as to who were behind the incident.

Reacting to the incident, Divisional Railway Manager Rupesh Raman Tripathi who was on a routine inspection at the Ghaziabad railway station said, “I got to know about the defacement. I know that it was Bahadur Shah Zafar’s portrait and he had a huge role in the 1857 revolt. This was not a good act. No one has the right to deface public property and we take action once it is brought to our notice,” he said.

He said that a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against unidentified individuals, and an investigation has begun to find out who was behind it.

S S Gabrayal, Chief Officer of the Railway Protection Force, said the Railways would take action against the offenders as soon as the number of people involved in the act is confirmed.