Pro-Khalistan slogans on Delhi Metro walls

A worker paints over pro-Khalistan slogans on a wall at Shivaji Park metro station, in New Delhi, on Sunday. Pic/PTI

Ahead of the G20 Summit, pro-Khalistan messages were found in at least five Delhi Metro stations, officials said on Sunday. A senior police officer said unidentified people wrote "Delhi Banega Khalistan" and "Khalistan Zindabad" on the walls of the metro stations. Police sources identified the stations as Shivaji Park, Madipur, Paschim Vihar, Udyog Nagar, and Maharaja Surajmal Stadium. The wall of a government school in Nangloi was also found defaced.

Legal action is being taken, the officer said, adding that the CCTV camera footage of the areas near the five metro stations is being analysed to identify the culprits. A purported video was released by the banned outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) which showed the defaced walls of the metro stations.

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, spokesperson for SFJ, said in the video, "G20 nations, when you will be meeting in Delhi on September 10, we will be organising a Khalistan referendum in Canada." The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said the issue has been reported to the concerned law and order agencies.

"Some objectionable graffiti has been observed on the walls of some metro stations on the Green Line. The issue has been reported to the law and order agencies. All cooperation is being extended to them," said Anuj Dayal, principal executive director of corporate communication of DMRC.

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