Social activist and graffiti artist from Assam Nilim Nayan Mahanta has been granted bail by a court at Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.
Nilim Nayan Mahanta and Ebo Mili, another activist, were granted bail ail with a bond of Rs 3000 on condition that the two accused should repaint the mural as it was.
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Nilim Nayan Mahanta was arrested by the Arunachal police from his residence in Lakhimpur in Assam for an anti-dam graffiti that he painted on the “Wall of Harmony” in Itanagar.
Nilim Nayan Mahanta was invited to Arunachal Pradesh to draw graffiti in protest against a dam that is being built in Dibang.
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The graffiti was in connection with a protest related to a proposed 57000 MW Mega Dams in Arunachal Pradesh.
He painted the graffiti on the Wall of Harmony – an art project at the Secretariat Building Wall in Itanagar.