Bhardwaj was arrested from Uttar Pradesh on September 5 for allegedly assaulting the daddy of a Dalit student-activist in the course of the Cockroach Janta Occasion’s (CJP) protests at Jantar Mantar in July.
He has been booked for offence of assault and provisions below 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 below Sections 115(2) (inflicting easy harm) 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 criticism towards Bhardwaj for misusing his identify.
In the meantime, after Cockroach Janta Occasion leaders together with the woman and her father protested on the Parliament Avenue police station, extra severe prices had been added and he was arrested.
