Defacing public property with graffiti is common abroad and it is punishable by law. Three bogies of a train stationed at Thrissur were found defaced on Wednesday. Hunt is on to nab those behind the graffiti.
Rail Hoons, the international graffiti vandals, notorious for their creativity at public places, have announced their presence in Kerala by defacing three coaches of an accident relief vehicle of Indian Railways stationed at Shoranur Railway Station in Thrissur.
On Tuesday, to the dismay of police and Railway officials, bogies of accident relief vehicle were found splattered with spray paint. The anonymous gang claimed three coaches by marking their arrival by painting ‘Rail Hoons’ on three coaches.
With five coaches, the train is the biggest accident relief vehicle of Southern Railway and was halted at the 7th platform of Shoranur station.
Though graffiti damage by 'Rail Hoons'on walls, poles, trains and buses are common abroad, this is perhaps the first time such an incident is reported anywhere in India.
Railway officials assume that the graffiti thugs might have defaced the bogies on Tuesday afternoon. Even though no damage other than the graffiti was found in the train, the incident raised safety concerns and the railway police and the local police are on the hunt for the miscreants.
