‘Want Swatantra Bhardwaj arrested’: CJP vs ‘influencer’ over attack

Additionally, a complaint by Nishu regarding rape threats has also been received by the police.

“There is a minor who has been associated with our protest right from Day One. Her father, Sanjay Ji, also comes with her. When we were holding a peaceful sit-in protest when some members of a criminal gang entered our protest and resorted to violence. After the FIR was registered, we continued putting pressure on the police, saying that this was an attempt to murder and that the relevant section should be added. We also demanded that the SC/ST Act be invoked because they belong to a Dalit family. There is also a caste angle to the matter. But the police did not take any such action. When we pressured the police, they told us to approach the court and obtain an order,” Saurav Das told mediapersons outside the police station before going in.

VIDEO | Delhi: CJP spokesperson Saurav Das, co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and others proceed to Parliament Street Police Station from Patel Chowk in connection with a case regarding injuries to one of their supporters during Jantar Mantar protests. Saurav Das says, “There is a minor… pic.twitter.com/0Lw5aYnFkv

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 4, 2026

Around 50 CJP supporters are staging a protest outside the police station while Ashutosh Ranka and Das are negotiating for Bhardwaj’s arrest.

Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress president Akshay Lakra, along with Nishu Aazad and her father, and Azad Samaj Party chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad also joined the CJP in demanding Bhardwaj’s arrest. Purnea MP from Bihar Pappu Yadav later joined the CJP protesters at the sit-in protest outside the police station.

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What Swatantra Bhardwaj ‘confessed’

Swatantra Bhardwaj, a right wing activist, purportedly confessed during a podcast that he had cracked the skull of a protester. The claim relate to an incident at Jantar Mantar, when Ghaziabad resident Sanjay Kumar (38) sustained a head injury during a scuffle.

In the video, Bhardwaj is seen claiming that he attacked the father of a CJP protester and avoided jail due to the intervention by a politician. He also is heard saying that the person he allegedly attacked suffered 60 stitches and was on the verge of death, and that a case under Section 307 of the IPC, relating to attempt to murder, should have been registered against him.

This guy is openly admitting that he attacked people at Jantar Mantar and that BJP leaders provided him immunity from police action afterwards.

How much more openly does someone have to admit it before @DelhiPolice takes action? pic.twitter.com/3nki1h9PaH

— Cockroach Janta Party – CJP (@Cockroachisback) September 3, 2026

Bhardwaj said another accused in the case was released from jail the following day and that he himself did not have to go to prison. He is heard boasting that police personnel received a call from a Delhi-based politician, whom he compared to an “elder brother”.

In another video, Bhardwaj is seen boasting about how he attacked protesters with a kada (a thick bangle worn for religious reasons) that he has the “guts” to admit his crime after committing it. He is also seen boasting how he “drenched a blue pigeon in blood”, seemingly a reference to the ASP’s choice of blue colour. “We are the one’s who do things… We’ll do this in future, too. There will be belt treatment; there could be katta (country pistol) treatment as well,” he said.

Mr PM @narendramodi, this man is saying he has the गूदा to break open Nishu’s father’s head and admit it on camera.

Will the PM order Delhi Police to arrest this man for the crimes he’s admitting? Or should Indians accept a lawless system?

Cockroaches have the गूदा to ensure… pic.twitter.com/3Ez0PmpFwu

— Cockroach Janta Party – CJP (@Cockroachisback) September 4, 2026

Massive police deployment

A huge police force was deployed outside the Parliament Street Police Station Police as CJP workers gathered, demanding Bharadwaj’s arrest. Posting a video of the police deployment, CJP said on X: “Goons kept committing horrendous crimes. Cracked open the skulls of peaceful protesters, and not a single Delhi Police officer came to their aid.We asked for their arrest, and suddenly thousands of police personnel showed up… Even if a 10th of it had been used to arrest the criminal openly accepting his crimes, we wouldn’t be here in the first place. [sic].”

Delhi Police deployed this much force against our peaceful gathering.

Even if a 10th of it had been used to arrest the criminal openly accepting his crimes, we wouldn’t be here in the first place. pic.twitter.com/apuJvxVwVy

— Cockroach Janta Party – CJP (@Cockroachisback) September 4, 2026

During the negotiations with the police, Ranka asked: “When he [Bhardwaj] is himself saying that an attempt to murder charge should have been slapped against him, why are you defending him?”

CJP’s team is at Parliament Street Police Station.

We will ensure justice prevails. pic.twitter.com/3Kl8ysPcFw

— Cockroach Janta Party – CJP (@Cockroachisback) September 4, 2026