A signage of Delhi's Akbar Road was on Wednesday found vandalised with a poster with 'Maharana Pratap Road' written on it pasted over the board.

The road is named after the Mughal dynast, Akbar and the culprit attempted to rename the road after the Rajput king, Maharana Pratap, whose birthday is being celebrated today, May 9.

The police reached the spot and got the poster removed.

However, the miscreants behind the have not been indentified yet.

Akbar Road in Lutyens Zone, which falls under the jurisdiction of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has Congress's head office.

In 2016, Union Minister V K Singh had demanded renaming the road as Maharana Pratap Road.

Singh had written to the Union Minister for Urban Development, proposing that Akbar Road be renamed after Maharana Pratap.

In 2015, the government had renamed Aurangzeb Road in the same area after former President late A P J Abdul Kalam, despite opposition from various quarters.

(With ANI inputs)