‘Rioting prices added to FIR’: Delhi Police on Youth Congress ‘shirtless’ protest | India Information
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Tuesday stated it has added prices of “rioting” to the FIR towards the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) members who staged a “shirtless” protest on the AI Affect Summit in Delhi final week.“…the aggressive parts made a premeditated try and breach the safety cordon…they have been introduced underneath management and through this, some on-duty police personnel suffered accidents. An FIR on this connection was registered at Tilak Marg police station within the New Delhi district underneath Sections 61(2), 121(1), 132, 190, 195(1), 221, 223(A), 196, 197 and three(5) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita,” Particular CP Devesh Chandra Srivastava advised reporters at a press briefing.He added that the preliminary investigation has revealed the involvement of a number of others who have been offering help to the accused in varied methods.In accordance with the senior officer, eight accused have been arrested up to now and different persons are being questioned.“IYC office-bearers are amongst these arrested. They have been taken on police remand and interrogated. IYC chief Uday Bhanu Chib has additionally been arrested,” Srivastava stated.Chib was arrested earlier within the day after a number of hours of questioning in reference to the protest.In a press release, the opposition Congress occasion’s youth wing stated its staff and workplace bearers have been observing a “peaceable satyagraha” over the arrest of their nationwide president and different staff.Final Friday, a bunch of IYC staff staged a protest inside Corridor No 5 of Bharat Mandapam, the summit venue, by eradicating their shirts to disclose T-shirts printed with slogans towards the federal government and the India-US interim commerce deal, earlier than being whisked away by safety personnel.