Skip to main content
Sabrang
Sabrang
Communalism Communal Organisations

Delhi: After defacing Akbar Road signboard, goons flee at the sight of cops

Police have registered an FIR; the area falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and is a high security zone 

Sabrangindia 08 Oct 2021

hindu sena

Two goons, claiming to belong to a right-wing extremist group called the Hindu Sena, once again set out to deface the signboard of Akbar Road in New Delhi on Thursday. They vandalised public property by pasting posters and photos in a bid to ‘rename’ the road to “Samrat Hemu Vikramaditya Marg”.

As is the modus operandi of such vandals, they filmed themselves while defacing the signboard, in the hope that they will soon get some recognition. However, when they were being interviewed by a TV journalist, the sight of approaching police sent them scooting. They fled, escaping in their waiting cars, and all this was caught on camera.

 

 

According to news reports, Delhi Police have registered an FIR in connection with the case. The area falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and is a high security zone in the heart of the national capital. The posters were removed by the authorities, however, it is not known if any arrests have been made in the matter.

Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta said, “Today, the Hindu Sena remembers… one of the bravest sons of Bharat Mata, Raja Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, also known as Raja Hemu,… (who) ruled Delhi for a short but significant period of time.” He reportedly told the Delhi  government to officially rename Akbar Road as “Samrat Hemu Vikramaditya Marg”.

The Hindu Sena is a regular at defacing signboards of roads in the national capital, and were in the news in September when they attacked the official residence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Assaduddin Owaisi. Owaisi had recalled that his Ashoka Road residence was targeted in 2015 as well, and asked the PM to “please tell who radicalised these goons?” The members of this group have in 2020 defaced the signboard outside the Chinese embassy here after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in clashes with Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan. A year before that they vandalised the signboard of Babar Road in the Bengali Market area.

According to a report in Maktoobmedia, the Hindu Sena was also a part of the mob of nearly 3,000 people that had marched the streets of Kawardha town in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, wielding swords and lathis last week. The violent right-wing mob, one of the biggest reported in recent times, was allegedly attacking houses and vehicles of people from “another community” and pelting stones on police personnel. Social media showed that the ‘other community’ under attack were Muslims. The area remained tense for “more than 48 hours following an altercation” between the two groups over “religious flags being allegedly brought down on Sunday”. By Tuesday, curfew was imposed in Kawardha.

 

Related:

Not fringe, but main elements of the Hindutva brigade: Assaduddin Owaisi on attack

Court reminds hate mongers, India is not a Taliban State

Unnao: Teenaged Muslim vendor dies after police beating for violating Corona curfew

Haryana: Muslim man killed, kin alleges communal lynching, cops say old enmity

Suresh Chavhanke's communal campaign now targets SRK!

Meerut: Hindu Jagran Manch leader booked for assault on Muslim youth

Delhi: After defacing Akbar Road signboard, goons flee at the sight of cops

Police have registered an FIR; the area falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and is a high security zone 

hindu sena

Two goons, claiming to belong to a right-wing extremist group called the Hindu Sena, once again set out to deface the signboard of Akbar Road in New Delhi on Thursday. They vandalised public property by pasting posters and photos in a bid to ‘rename’ the road to “Samrat Hemu Vikramaditya Marg”.

As is the modus operandi of such vandals, they filmed themselves while defacing the signboard, in the hope that they will soon get some recognition. However, when they were being interviewed by a TV journalist, the sight of approaching police sent them scooting. They fled, escaping in their waiting cars, and all this was caught on camera.

 

 

According to news reports, Delhi Police have registered an FIR in connection with the case. The area falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and is a high security zone in the heart of the national capital. The posters were removed by the authorities, however, it is not known if any arrests have been made in the matter.

Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta said, “Today, the Hindu Sena remembers… one of the bravest sons of Bharat Mata, Raja Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, also known as Raja Hemu,… (who) ruled Delhi for a short but significant period of time.” He reportedly told the Delhi  government to officially rename Akbar Road as “Samrat Hemu Vikramaditya Marg”.

The Hindu Sena is a regular at defacing signboards of roads in the national capital, and were in the news in September when they attacked the official residence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Assaduddin Owaisi. Owaisi had recalled that his Ashoka Road residence was targeted in 2015 as well, and asked the PM to “please tell who radicalised these goons?” The members of this group have in 2020 defaced the signboard outside the Chinese embassy here after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in clashes with Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan. A year before that they vandalised the signboard of Babar Road in the Bengali Market area.

According to a report in Maktoobmedia, the Hindu Sena was also a part of the mob of nearly 3,000 people that had marched the streets of Kawardha town in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, wielding swords and lathis last week. The violent right-wing mob, one of the biggest reported in recent times, was allegedly attacking houses and vehicles of people from “another community” and pelting stones on police personnel. Social media showed that the ‘other community’ under attack were Muslims. The area remained tense for “more than 48 hours following an altercation” between the two groups over “religious flags being allegedly brought down on Sunday”. By Tuesday, curfew was imposed in Kawardha.

 

Related:

Not fringe, but main elements of the Hindutva brigade: Assaduddin Owaisi on attack

Court reminds hate mongers, India is not a Taliban State

Unnao: Teenaged Muslim vendor dies after police beating for violating Corona curfew

Haryana: Muslim man killed, kin alleges communal lynching, cops say old enmity

Suresh Chavhanke's communal campaign now targets SRK!

Meerut: Hindu Jagran Manch leader booked for assault on Muslim youth

Related Articles

Sunday

03

Jan

Pan-India

Saturday

05

Dec

05 pm onwards

Rise in Rage!

North Gate, JNU campus

Thursday

26

Nov

10 am onwards

Delhi Chalo

Pan India

Theme

Stop Hate

Hate and Harmony in 2021

A recap of all that transpired across India in terms of hate speech and even outright hate crimes, as well as the persecution of those who dared to speak up against hate. This disturbing harvest of hate should now push us to do more to forge harmony.
Taliban 2021

Taliban in Afghanistan: A look back

Communalism Combat had taken a deep dive into the lives of people of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. Here we reproduce some of our archives documenting the plight of hapless Afghanis, especially women, who suffered the most under the hardline regime.
2020

Milestones 2020

In the year devastated by the Covid 19 Pandemic, India witnessed apathy against some of its most marginalised people and vilification of dissenters by powerful state and non state actors. As 2020 draws to a close, and hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers continue their protest in the bitter North Indian cold. Read how Indians resisted all attempts to snatch away fundamental and constitutional freedoms.
Migrant Diaries

Migrant Diaries

The 2020 COVID pandemic brought to fore the dismal lives that our migrant workers lead. Read these heartbreaking stories of how they lived before the pandemic, how the lockdown changed their lives and what they’re doing now.

Campaigns

Sunday

03

Jan

Pan-India

Saturday

05

Dec

05 pm onwards

Rise in Rage!

North Gate, JNU campus

Thursday

26

Nov

10 am onwards

Delhi Chalo

Pan India

Videos

Communalism

Bastar violence: Anti-Christian Campaign causes breach in Adivasi unity

Hundreds of Adivasi church-goers across villages in Narayanpur and Bastar, Chhattisgarh have been experiencing boycott, intimidation and violence since December last year, forcing them to leave their homes and live in refugee camps. Reportedly, Adivasi districts across Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh is seeing a rise Hindutva mobilisation against Christians .

Communalism

Bastar violence: Anti-Christian Campaign causes breach in Adivasi unity

Hundreds of Adivasi church-goers across villages in Narayanpur and Bastar, Chhattisgarh have been experiencing boycott, intimidation and violence since December last year, forcing them to leave their homes and live in refugee camps. Reportedly, Adivasi districts across Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh is seeing a rise Hindutva mobilisation against Christians .

IN FACT

Analysis

Stop Hate

Hate and Harmony in 2021

A recap of all that transpired across India in terms of hate speech and even outright hate crimes, as well as the persecution of those who dared to speak up against hate. This disturbing harvest of hate should now push us to do more to forge harmony.
Taliban 2021

Taliban in Afghanistan: A look back

Communalism Combat had taken a deep dive into the lives of people of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. Here we reproduce some of our archives documenting the plight of hapless Afghanis, especially women, who suffered the most under the hardline regime.
2020

Milestones 2020

In the year devastated by the Covid 19 Pandemic, India witnessed apathy against some of its most marginalised people and vilification of dissenters by powerful state and non state actors. As 2020 draws to a close, and hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers continue their protest in the bitter North Indian cold. Read how Indians resisted all attempts to snatch away fundamental and constitutional freedoms.
Migrant Diaries

Migrant Diaries

The 2020 COVID pandemic brought to fore the dismal lives that our migrant workers lead. Read these heartbreaking stories of how they lived before the pandemic, how the lockdown changed their lives and what they’re doing now.

Archives