‘Very strange’: Minor's counsel questions Swatantra Bhardwaj’s 1-day police custody
Social media 'influencer' Swatantra Bhardwaj was arrested and sent to one-day police custody. This development followed an alleged assault on a CJP protester's father at Jantar Mantar. Police added provisions of the SC/ST Act and criminal intimidation to the FIR. A fresh FIR was also registered under the POCSO Act for online threats. Bhardwaj's arrest came after CJP representatives demanded…
In a recent incident at the Jantar Mantar protest in Delhi, self-proclaimed influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj, 21, was arrested by the Delhi Police and placed under one-day remand. Bhardwaj and others were accused of severely injuring 38-year-old Sanjay Azad during the protest on June 23. The victim, who is a Dalit individual, sustained serious head injuries in the altercation.
However, the FIR filed at the Parliament Street police station only charged Bhardwaj with causing simple hurt (section 115(2)) and wrongful restraint (section 126(2)).
Bhardwaj had previously claimed on social media that he was friends with prominent politicians, including Union Minister Chirag Paswan and Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra, both from the ruling party. Despite being detained on the day of the incident and released shortly thereafter, he later faced arrest for his alleged involvement in the violent incident.
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