Mumbai crime: Two held for pasting stickers of Israeli flag with footprints on road

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Mumbai crime: Two people were held by the Mumbai Police for allegedly allegedly pasting stickers of Israel's national flag on a road in south Mumbai, the police said, reported the PTI.

A case has been registered and two men apprehended for allegedly pasting stickers of Israel's national flag with superimposed footprints on a road in Dongri area of south Mumbai, police said on Tuesday, as per the PTI.

According to the news agency, as many as 13 stickers were found on Nishanpada Road on Sunday morning, said an official.

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Police removed the stickers in order to avoid any confrontation between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, he said, the PTI reported.

CCTV footage of the area showed two men pasting the stickers, the official said, adding that they were identified and detained.

A case under Indian Penal Code section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) was registered against them but no arrest has been made, the official said, as per the PTI.

Meanwhile, a statement by Israeli Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu suggesting the use of a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas conflict has sparked widespread condemnation from China, Iran, and numerous Arab nations. The remarks were criticized as a serious threat to global security.

At the opening of a United Nations conference focused on establishing a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, several ambassadors voiced their disapproval and raised concerns over the statement made by Eliyahu. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, promptly disowned the comments, suspended the minister from cabinet meetings, and clarified that the remarks were meant to be metaphorical.

Israel, which neither confirms nor denies its nuclear capabilities, faces international pressure to retract the statement and join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. China's deputy UN ambassador, Geng Shuang, called the remarks "extremely irresponsible and disturbing" and urged Israel to become a non-nuclear weapon state under the treaty.

The United Nations disarmament chief, Izumi Nakamitsu, emphasized the inadmissibility of any threat to use nuclear weapons and reiterated the urgency of establishing a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

(with PTI inputs)