Delhi: A protest against the deteriorating air quality in the national capital turned violent on Sunday evening at India Gate after a group of demonstrators raised slogans supporting Madvi Hidma—a top Maoist commander killed in an encounter in Andhra Pradesh on November 18.
Posters declaring “Madvi Hidma Amar Rahe” (Long Live Madvi Hidma) and another reading “From Birsa Munda to Madvi Hidma, the struggle of our forests and environment will go on” surfaced moments before the demonstration escalated. Police have said that those involved in raising Maoist slogans will be identified and face legal action.
