Anonymous graffiti defacing public property are leaving Kochi authorities perplexed

‘Enjoy the Void,’ read a graffiti painted in black that appeared overnight on the compound wall of a premium apartment in Vennala division of the Kochi Corporation in Kerala not so long ago. There were a few others on walls in the immediate vicinity with messages such as ‘Are You Lost?’” and ‘This is the World You Want to Live (sic).’ And the one on the Corporation’s signboard read ‘We need peace!’ A graffiti found on a wall in Vennala division of the Kochi Corporation in Kerala recently. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Alarmed by the messages, the office-bearers of the residents’ association concerned went through the overnight CCTV footage. “We found two young-looking persons in their shorts painting the messages using brushes in the traditional style, such as in the case of election graffiti around 4 a.m. Election posters of the candidates of all three fronts were also found defaced, while a curse in English was scribbled on the picture of Narendra Modi featured in the NDA candidate’s poster. We have since then alerted the division councillor who said the matter had been taken up with the Palarivattom police,” said an office-bearer of the association on condition of anonymity....