Hindutva influencer who allegedly assaulted CJP protester’s father gets bail
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A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to a Hindutva influencer who allegedly assaulted the father of a student activist during youth protests in July, Live Law reported.
On September 15, Swatantra Bharadwaj was granted interim bail for three weeks. While hearing his petition, the court had observed that there were gaps in the Delhi Police’s probe and directed the investigating officer to file a status report.
On July 23, Sanjay Kumar, the father of student activist Nishu Aazad, was assaulted at Jantar Mantar during demonstrations against the alleged irregularities in competitive examinations.
Swatantra Bharadwaj had been detained on September 4 after a purported video featured him claiming that a phone call from Delhi minister Kapil Mishra helped him avoid arrest over the assault.
The purported video showed him claiming that he had not been jailed despite having “cracked the skull” of Kumar. After it was widely shared, Bharadwaj was booked for causing simple hurt and wrongful restraint.
Members of the Cockroach Janta Party political campaign protested on September 4 outside the Parliament Street police station in Delhi, demanding that charges under provisions relating to attempt to murder be added to the first information report.
Following this, the police invoked sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act and criminal intimidation against Bharadwaj.
Bharadwaj has claimed...