Hindi name board at Coimbatore North railway station defaced; two booked
Two individuals were booked by the Railway Protection Force for defacing a Hindi name board at the Coimbatore North railway station. The incident, linked to local protest groups, led to the removal of all language-specific name boards at the station.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing linguistic tensions in Southern India regarding the use of Hindi in public infrastructure and government institutions.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has launched an investigation into the defacing of a Hindi name board at Coimbatore North railway station.
On Sunday, the RPF booked two persons under three sections of the Railways Act for disfiguring the name board. According to RPF sources, two men, alleged to be members of the Aathi Thamizhar Peravai, trespassed onto the terrace of the porch through a stair around 1.40 a.m. on Sunday.
Out of the two men, one defaced the station name in Hindi by smearing it with a paint they carried with them while the other photographed the act. Videos and photos of the incident were widely circulated by Sunday morning. They also caused some damage to properties while climbing to the terrace, the sources said.
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