Mumbai police, what's your issue with social media posts and posters?

After the controversy involving Mehak Mirza Prabhu who held a placard that said Free Kashmir at the Gateway of India protest against the attack on JNU students the police have decided to read between the lines of all agitators posters The special branch of Mumbai police has been asked to keep a close watch on agitators making placards and banners at different protesting venues in the cityJoint Commissioner of Police Law and Order Vinoy Choubey said After relocating the protestors from the Gateway of India to Azad Maidan on Tuesday morning our officers collected the various placards and other stuff from the spot Our Special Branch is scrutinising all these bannersAgitators at the Gateway of India protestThey Special Branch officials have been asked to keep a close watch on agitators making placards at the protesting venues as a few of them have been found to be incriminating in nature The meanings of the writing on the banners are being studied Choubey addedThe Special Branch will submit a report about the same to the Mumbai police commissioner and further legal action will be decided after itSources at the Special Branch told midday that the large number of hidden cameras at the promenade at the Gateway of India will help them identify the agitators who made the controversial placards Also our officers in plain clothes have videographed most of the moments during the unlawful protest at the Gateway of India A few photos have also been clicked The banners placards posters and other material have been seized from the Gateway If we find any controversial placard or banner these photosvideos will help us trace the person responsible said a Special Branch officerBesides the posters placards and banners the police have also recovered paint brushes sketch pens markers colours papers etcAs the controversial Free Kashmir placard another controversial banner saying Proud Urban Naxal had also grabbed eyeballs at the Gateway The man who made the placard is Abhishek Bhatt an advocate who supports the ideology of the Delhi CMled Aam Aadmi Party AAP I made the placard because Narendra Modi sahab calls us urban naxal antinational etc If we are painted as antinationals for supporting the constitution then we are proud urban naxals Behind the placard it was written Urban Naxal is Total Desh Bhakt Urban Nazi Only Bhakt Bhatt said At Gateway the protestors also shouted slogans Kashmir mange aazadi in the middle of the night They justified it saying the government has banned the Internet facility in the Valley since over 150 days But action was taken against Prabhu as she held the placardThe action was condemned by many sections of societyOutburst of protestIt looks like censorship of free speech Internet shutdowns and threats of terrorism are far more important to those in authority than actual citizens being injured or killed Forcing a monolithic system of thought down the throats of artists will be counterproductive which is why you are seeing an outburst of protest in the form of posters and social media posts said one such critic Mira Malhotra an artist and member of the Kadak CollectiveThe outburst in the form of posters also directly demanded the resignations of those in power One of the placards for instance said Resign Amit Shah while other read Ban Omit Shah The entire promenade of the Gateway saw an antiModi and Amit Shah atmosphere A youth was seen carrying a placard that read Modiji Sudhar Jao ya Gujar Jao Another youth held a placard that said BJP ki Maa ka Bharosa agar aap ne upar wali line galat padhi hai to aap sacche deshbhakt hoThe police may read and analyse every line they come across on placards and posters written by citizens but the question remains will the message get across to the authorities If it doesnt heres what a placard with few words that summed up the situation in the country and the mood of the people best If you divide we will multiplyInputs by Dalreen Ramos34No of people injured in the attack at JNU on SundayCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates