Man cleans Honda Activa with Indian flag: Arrested and scooter SEIZED

With the government’s push to popularise the Indian national flag this year with the “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign really struck a chord with the citizens. We got to see lakhs of tricolours waving on the roofs of the homes and also on the vehicles. There are several codes of conduct for handling the Indian national flag. Here is a citizen who used the Indian flag to clean his scooter. He was later arrested by the police.
Delhi Police apprehended a 52-year-old man for allegedly using the tricolours to clean his scooter. The incident took place in northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura area. The incident came to light after a purported video of the man cleaning his scooter became viral on the Internet. The incident was recorded by the locals on their phones and was uploaded on social media platforms.

A senior police officer says that “In this matter, legal action has been initiated and a case has been registered under section 2 of Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act, 1971 at Bajanpura police station. The accused has been asked to join the investigation. He said it wasn’t deliberate and he did it by mistake. We are still asking him to join the probe and attend the court hearings when called,”

Police seized the scooter and the flag that he used to clean the scooter.