Pinky Chaudhary claims Jantar Mantar event planned beforehand
Hundreds of Chaudhary’s supporters had accompanied him Tuesday when he surrendered. Chaudhary was later taken to Connaught Place police station and arrested.
Hindu Raksha Dal president Pinky Chaudhary. A day after his arrest in connection with anti-Muslim slogans raised at a Jantar Mantar event last month, Hindu Raksha Dal chief Pinky Chaudhary is learnt to have told police during questioning that he attended a meeting in the second week of July chaired by former Delhi BJP spokesperson and Supreme Court lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay where it was decided to organise the protest.
Chaudhary had attended the August 8 protest along with 150 supporters. “Chaudhary told police he was associated with the Hindu Shakti Vahini three-four years ago, when he claimed to have met Upadhyay. He claimed he met the other accused —Uttam Malik, Preet Singh, Deepak Singh, Deepak Kumar, Vinod Sharma, Vinit Bajpai, and Sushil Tiwari — on several occasions earlier. In the second week of July, a meeting was held in Connaught Place to discuss a protest against ‘Colonial-era laws’ in the country, where he claimed Upadhyay, Preet Singh, and 15-20 others were present,” said a senior officer.
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