The incident took place at around 10:52 am, Delhi Metro officials said in their statement. Any kind of agitation is banned in the Delhi Metro premises
New Delhi: Some people on Saturday was seen chanting and calling to gun down traitors, at one of the busiest metro stations in Delhi. In a video that is shared widely from the Rajiv Chowk metro station, a group, wearing white t-shirts and orange headgear, can be seen and heard chanting “desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro sa***n ko“. The entire chant translates to “shoot down the traitors who betray the country”.
After noticing the chants six people have been detained so far.
Mentioning to the slogan-raisers as “passengers”, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited or DMRC said the metro staff and the security personnel posted at the station “immediately handed them over to the Delhi Metro Rail Police for further necessary action”.
The incident took place at around 10:52 am, Delhi Metro officials said in their statement. Any kind of agitation is banned in the nearby premises.
The group started the sloganeering when a train was about to stop at the metro station, according to media.
They continued slogans after the train got off of pro-citizenship law slogans like “shoot the traitors” and one more literally meaning that the “youth of the country is out to support and defend CAA”.
The provocative slogan was raised at a time when the northeastern part of Delhi remains on the edge after huge violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act protests. 42 people have died and hundreds injured after the incident.
The latest “goli maaro” slogan-raising also comes after a series of hate speeches from many political leaders. BJP leaders have portrayed those agitating against the citizenship law as “traitors”.
BJP leader Anurag Thakur during the campaign for the Delhi election last month was filmed encouraging chants of “Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro saa*** ko (shoot down the traitors)” at a rally. The slogan was raised shortly before gunmen opened fire at anti-citizenship agitators in Delhi.
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