The Delhi Police has lodged 131 FIRs for defacement of public property even as over three lakh hoardings, banners and posters of political parties have been removed from various parts of the national capital, officials said Monday.

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An FIR and two non-cognisable reports were lodged after the flying squads of the Chief Electoral Office, Delhi, found posters of political parties being carried in cars without due permission, they said.

Till date, 3,05,546 hoardings/banners/posters have been removed from all over Delhi. Of these, 30,533 were removed from New Delhi Municipal Council, 43,075 from East Delhi Municipal Corporation, 2,411 from Delhi Cantonment Board, 1,26,566 from South Delhi Municipal Corporation and 1,02,961 from North Delhi Municipal Corporation, respectively, Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh said.

Under the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 131 FIRs were registered, including 26 against political parties. These include 13 FIRs against the Aam Aadmi Party, nine against the BJP, two against Congress and two against others. The rest of the FIRs were filed against non-political entities, officials said.