Five persons, including Supreme Court advocate and former Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, have been detained by the Delhi Police in connection with their role in raising inflammatory slogans at Jantar Mantar on August 8, 2021.
A senior Delhi police officer said that the four others are Deepak Singh Hindu, Vineet Kranti, Preet Singh, and Vinod Sharma. They are all members of different right wing outfits.
The police had registered an FIR on charges of promoting enmity and other relevant Sections after anti-Muslim inflammatory slogans were raised on Sunday.
A video clip went viral on social media where some persons were allegedly raising slogans against the Muslim community and threatening them.
Shipra Srivastava, media in-charge of ‘Bharat Jodo Andolan’, said that the protest was held at Jantar Mantar under the leadership of advocate and former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay.