A self-professed Hindutva activist named Swatantra Bhardwaj has boasted that he cracked open the cranium of the daddy of a protester at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar through the Cockroach Janta Social gathering-led protest in Delhi however “didn’t even go to jail” as a result of he has the “blessings” of leaders just like the BJP’s Kapil Mishra.
“Nishu ke baap ka hum sir faade hain [I cracked open the head of Nishu’s father,” Bhardwaj said in Hindi in a one-hour podcast that is available on YouTube.
“You know which section applies? 307. Half-murder. He needed 60 stitches on his head, okay? Bugger was almost dying in the ambulance. His daughter was standing outside the police station and saying that if my father does not get justice I will kill myself by consuming poison. Okay? Swatantra was out the next day. I did not even go to jail.
“The whole world should know, I didn’t even go to jail. I was roaming around all night,” he said, before elaborating on why he is special.
“One is I have Hanumanji’s blessings.Also, Kapil Mishra is [like] my elder brother. They are saying a name got here from Kapil Mishra and I used to be launched. Kapil Mishra is my elder brother, Chirag Paswan is my elder brother, all of them. Inform me which chief you understand? Modi ji? Modi ji can also be my elder brother. I’ve everybody’s assist,” Bhardwaj stated.
The host requested him the place he acquired the baton he was seen carrying on the CJP protest.
Bhardwaj smiled: “Are you able to see my shoe? This shoe is Delhi police’s. I don’t refill any kind however robotically I roam round like Delhi police. My shoe is Delhi police’s, baton and so forth every little thing is Delhi police’s.”
Cockroach Janta Social gathering (CJP) chief Saurav Das alleged that Delhi police refused so as to add stringent expenses towards Bhardwaj through the July 20 protest at Jantar Mantar.
“Enable me to inform you what precisely occurred after BJP-protected goon Swatantra Bhardwaj’s assault on Dalit man Sanjay at our Jantar Mantar protest,” Das wrote on X (previously Twitter).
“Sanjay ji’s cranium was cracked open. The wound dimensions had been of such nice dimension that it clearly warranted an try to homicide cost within the FIR (Part 307 of IPC).
“The Police refused so as to add that cost. This part would’ve led to his rapid arrest as it’s a cognisable and non-bailable offence. To keep away from this arrest, the police flat out refused so as to add this part,” Das wrote.
“We requested that in the mean time, the ‘grievous harm’ part be added (Sec 326) which might additionally result in his rapid arrest. DCP Sachin Sharma, ACP Ajay Sharma flatly refused. Not simply this, they instructed us on our faces ‘go get a courtroom order’!
“The professional medical opinion has nonetheless not been acquired by us,” Das stated.
“The opposite gang members who had been accomplices of Bhardwaj have additionally not been recognized up to now, regardless of a number of of them making reels instantly after the assault and threatening Sanjay’s minor daughter Nishu overtly.
“Now Bhardwaj overtly flaunts of Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra pressuring the Police to launch him from the Police Station and to not add any strict sections that may result in his arrest!
“So inform us why ought to Mishra not be made an confederate within the FIR since he illegally interfered with the course of justice? Why ought to he not resign for safeguarding gang members and abusing his workplace? Does BJP’s management assist this?” Das requested.
The CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka backed his colleague.
“As somebody who was current with @SauravDassss throughout these discussions, I can verify this,” Ranka posted on X.
“Moreover, we had been instructed that this goon was saved beneath detention, however from what’s being claimed, that can also be turning out to be a blatant lie. @DCPNewDelhi give proofs of all that was claimed again then, or please go and formally be part of the BJP.”
Congress chief Supriya Shrinate additionally highlighted the podcast.
“That is Swatantara Bharadwaj. Proudly stating that an assault was made on the daddy of a protester within the scholar protest – he wanted 60 stitches and was on the point of loss of life. However he did not go to jail – he roamed round fearlessly all night time,” Shrinate wrote.
Das stated that the police deliberately used the “plainclothes” narrative as a protect to embed political goons and right-wing extremists like Bhardwaj instantly into the police ranks to assault peaceable college students.
Hundreds of protesters tried to march to Parliament on July 20 on a name given by the CJP and activist Sonam Wangchuk. Throughout a confrontation with the protesters, the police resorted to lathicharge, lobbed tear fuel shells and allegedly used weapons resembling pellet weapons.
Some folks in plainclothes however with polycarbonate lathis utilized by police had been seen attacking the protesters.
There are allegations of use of disproportionate drive by the police. The Delhi Excessive Court docket on July 22 issued a discover to Delhi Police to protect the video proof of the motion by its personnel on July 20.
The Delhi Police have defended their personnel in plainclothes through the “Sansad Chalo” protest march telling the Supreme Court docket that they had been strategically merged with the gang as a result of urgency of the scenario.
In a counter-affidavit filed earlier than the Supreme Court docket, DCP Sharma stated that police personnel in plainclothes carrying lathis had been “spotters” drawn from the particular department, particular cell, crime department and native police.
The police stated that deployment of such personnel is neither unlawful nor uncommon and claims comparable preparations are used throughout giant public gatherings, together with Independence Day and Republic Day occasions.
On September 1, a Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana invoked Article 142 to quash FIRs registered within the July 20 Jantar Mantar scholar protests.
The order got here after the Union and the state governments assured the courtroom that instances towards protesters wouldn’t be pursued and that no recent FIRs can be registered over the identical incidents. The courtroom additional recorded the Union’s dedication to formulate a pan-India compensation coverage for college students who died by suicide in reference to NEET-UG 2026.
