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The FIR was registered at the IGI Airport police station under Section 3 of the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property (DPDP) Act and Section 62 of the Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act for demonstration on the metro railway.

The FIR was filed on a complaint filed by a train operator of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, police said. The Metro unit of the Delhi Police registered a case against unidentified persons over two posters targeting the government that were pasted on a seat inside a train on the Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line on Tuesday evening, police officers aware of the matter said on Saturday.

the Delhi Police’s special cell, which primarily probes matters related to terrorism and anti-India activities, is also looking into the case, a police officer aware of the matter said, asking not to be identified While the Delhi Metro Police initiated an investigation to identify the passenger or passengers who allegedly pasted the “objectionable” posters.