Meerut, March 3 -- Shradha Rajput and Sandhya Rajput, the women who had painted anti-Muslim graffiti on a crash barrier along the Uttarakhand-Delhi highway, have since become local Hindutva icons.

On the night of February 26, Shradha and Sandhya had recorded themselves spray-painting, "Musalmano ke liye road nahi hai (This road is not for Muslims)" on the highway. A first information report (FIR) was subsequently registered against them.

Speaking to The Print, the two women claimed the FIR is like a jewel in their crown. "Hindu Raksha Dal brand hai, brand. The FIR is like a jewel in our crown. We have earned it. It is for Hindus to wake up and see what we are doing to save them," they said.

As members of the Hindu Raksha Dal, Shradha a...