Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj was detained from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, hours after Delhi Police assured CJP protesters that he can be arrested inside 72 hours for allegedly assaulting Sanjay Kumar, the daddy of scholar activist, Nishu Azad, in the course of the July 20 protest in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
The self-professed Hindutva stormtrooper had beforehand bragged about cracking Sanjay Kumar’s cranium throughout CJP’s Jantar Mantar protest.
Nonetheless, after the clip was extensively shared, he modified his narrative, stating: “What persons are calling an assault was an act of self-defence.”
Bhardwaj had additionally claimed that he loved the help of a number of leaders, together with Kapil Mishra and Chirag Paswan, in addition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A number of groups had been deployed to hint Bhardwaj, who describes himself as a “kattar Hindu”.
Bhardwaj had allegedly fled Naithla village on a Bullet motorbike and headed in the direction of Khurja earlier than the police workforce reached there to apprehend him. He was sporting a helmet, apparently to hide his id, officers mentioned.
On Friday morning, the Cockroach Janta Occasion had staged a protest outdoors the Parliament Avenue police station within the nationwide capital on Friday, urgent for Bhardwaj’s arrest.
Saurav Das, whereas addressing the press outdoors the police station, mentioned, “There’s a minor who has been related to our protest proper from Day One. Her father, Sanjay Ji, additionally comes along with her. Once we had been holding a peaceable sit-in protest when some members of a prison gang entered our protest and resorted to violence.
“After the FIR was registered, we continued placing strain on the police, saying that this was an try to homicide and that the related part needs to be added. We additionally demanded that the SC/ST Act be invoked as a result of they belong to a Dalit household,” the CJP spokesperson mentioned.
Later at night time, Das in his tweets claimed that related sections beneath the SC/ST Act and the (POCSO) Act had been additionally added to the sooner FIR in opposition to Swatantra Bhardwaj.
Will guarantee justice: Chirag Paswan
Union minister Chirag Paswan on Friday asserted that he was “taking full duty” to make sure justice for Delhi scholar activist Nishu Azad’s father who was attacked and critically injured in the course of the protests at Jantar Mantar.
The LJP(RV) president additionally mentioned that he has lodged “a proper grievance” in opposition to Swatantra Bhardwaj, a Hindutva influencer accused of assaulting Azad’s father.
“In public life, many individuals come to fulfill us. But when anyone claims, on this very foundation to be a private acquaintance of ours, then that may be a misuse of our identify. The attacker has sought to provide the impression that motion has not been taken in opposition to him due to me and my celebration. I’ve lodged a proper grievance in opposition to this misuse of my identify,” mentioned Paswan.
In his one-hour interview, out there on YouTube, Bhardwaj claimed to have political connections and mentioned Chirag Paswan is his “elder brother”.
The Hajipur MP mentioned, “It’s certainly a critical matter that the coed activist’s father was overwhelmed so severely that he may have died. The attacker has the temerity to brag in regards to the incident on TV, and he roams scot-free. I take full duty to make sure justice to the aggrieved household by pursuing the matter with Delhi police.” Bhardwaj was detained from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, hours after Delhi Police assured CJP protesters that he can be arrested inside 72 hours.
Indian Youth Congress hails victory
Indian Youth Congress hailed the detention of Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj as a “victory” for scholar activist Nishu Azad and others who had been demanding motion in opposition to him.
His detention got here hours after IYC state president Akshay Lakra, accompanied by Nishu Azad and her father, met the station home officer of Parliament Avenue police station and demanded motion in opposition to Bhardwaj.
