NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Delhi Police has arrested Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib as the main conspirator and mastermind of the shirtless protest staged by a group of youth wing members at the AI Impact Summit here last week, reports said.
A Delhi court has sent Chib to four-day police custody.
Uday Bhanu Chib hails from Jammu and Kashmir.
Police have also stepped up security across key locations in the capital in anticipation of possible protests following Chib’s arrest, which took the total number of people held in the case to eight.
Police had earlier arrested seven Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers, including three from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, identified as Jitendra Yadav, Raj Gujjar and Ajay Kumar. In addition, IYC’s Uttar Pradesh general secretary Ritik alias Monty Shukla has been detained from Lalitpur in the state.
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