Delhi Police on Friday detained a 21-year-old right-wing content creator accused of severely injuring a 38-year-old man during the Jantar Mantar protests in June, officers said, hours after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and other politicians staged a massive protest at the Parliament Street police station.
Bhardwaj was briefly detained the same day but was released hours later, and later claimed on social media that he was friends with top politicians — he mentioned the names of Union minister Chirag Paswan and Delhi minister Kapil Mishra — of the ruling establishment. It took two months and a protest just to get an FIR registered for a hate crime that happened right in front of the police! After the protest, police also added sections under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Union minister Paswan distanced himself from Bhardwaj. “This incident is extremely serious. The way a person is openly admitting that he beat someone so severely that it could possibly have led to their death.
The accused, identified as Swatantra Bhardwaj, 21, and others allegedly attacked a man named Sanjay Azad, 38, who had accompanied his 14-year-old daughter to the protest on June 23. Azad, a Dalit person, suffered severe injuries to his head but an FIR was lodged the same day at Parliament Street police station only under BNS sections 115(2) (causing simple hurt) and 126(2) (wrongful restraint). “Finally, Delhi Police have registered an FIR against the Sanghi goon and said he will be arrested within 72 hours. The protest began at 10am and ended at around 2am after CJP representatives said that police assured them that Bhardwaj would be arrested within 72 hours.
Because that person has misused my name along with the names of several politicians, I have also filed an official complaint against that person…I have urged Delhi Police that there should be a fair investigation into this matter,” he said, to openly admit this on a podcast and even after that, if no action is taken against him, then I believe this will set a very wrong example…Understanding the seriousness of this matter, and.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said in a post on X. Another FIR has been lodged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and sections of the BNS, police said after a complaint was filed regarding the minor receiving rape threats from Bhardwaj. Union minister Paswan said he has filed a complaint against Bhardwaj.
