Bhardwaj was arrested from Uttar Pradesh on September 5. He has been booked for offence of assault and provisions beneath the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act [SC/ST Act] and the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act).
Bhardwaj was initially booked just for the offences beneath Sections 115(2) (inflicting easy damage) and 126(2) (wrongful restraint) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
He later took to social media and claimed that had cracked the cranium of the woman’s father and was detained by the police just for a number of hours. He additionally claimed proximity to NDA leaders Kapil Mishra and Chirag Paswan.
Paswan denied the identical and likewise lodged a separate grievance towards Bhardwaj for misusing his title.
In the meantime, after Cockroach Janta Celebration leaders together with the woman and her father protested on the Parliament Road police station, extra critical costs had been added and he was arrested.
