The Hindu Raksha Dal leader Pinky Chaudhary was on Thursday remanded to judicial custody with the aid of using a Delhi Court until September 17 for his alleged involvement in chanting communal slogans at a rally in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on August 8, news agency ANI reported. Chaudhary, whose actual name is Bhupinder Tomar, may be presented in the courtroom on September 16.
The Delhi courtroom found that no matter the country celebrating ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav’, the minds of certain individuals are "nonetheless chained with intolerant and self-centred beliefs".
A video seemingly made by Chaudhary surfaced on social media on Monday wherein the 40-year-old stated that neither he nor his organisation "did something wrong" in Jantar Mantar on August 8. He declared withinside the video that he would get "himself arrested" on Tuesday. He also stated that he's going to cooperate with the police at some point in the probe. Reports couldn't confirm the authenticity of the video.
Chaudhary surrendered to the police at Mandir Marg police station in Delhi on Tuesday and was brought to the police station with the aid of using his supporters on their shoulders amid chants of ‘Jai Shree Ram and ‘Pinky Bhaiyya Zindabad’. Chaudhary denied allegations made towards him earlier.
Along with Chaudhary, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay was also a part of the ‘Bharat Jodo Andolan’ rally. Upadhyay changed into granted bail closing week for his alleged involvement. Preet Singh, Deepak Singh, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Sharma, Vinit Bajpai and Sushil Tiwari have been most of the others arrested together with those for allegedly chanting communal slogans and defying Covid-19 protocols. Preet Singh was additionally denied bail last week.