Signboards at Akbar Road and Humayun Road were blackened and posters of Chhatrapati Shivaji were pasted over them, police sources said on Saturday. They said the incident occurred after a group of people watched the Vicky Kaushal-starrer Hindi film ’Chhava’ Authorities have begun investigation and are reviewing CCTV footage to identify the culprits. Police are monitoring the situation to prevent further vandalism and ensure law and order. Many purported videos of the act surfaced on different social media platforms, showing some youth applying black spray on the signboards and pasting pictures of Maratha Empire founder Shivaji. The sources said police teams and civic officials were immediately sent to the spot and the defaced boards were cleaned. The footage shows Shivaji’s son Sambhaji, who was the second king of the empire, being sprayed with black spray and placed on the boards. The boards were later cleaned by civic officials and police officers were called in to clean them.
