New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Delhi Police has arrested four men for allegedly assaulting a man outside the site of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) proposed protest in central Delhi on Saturday. The accused were identified through videos of the incident that surfaced on social media.

The men have been identified as Raman Saini (50), Vivekanand (32), Kapil Kumar (27) and Ravinder Singh, alias Govind Hindu. All four are residents of the Delhi-NCR region and are allegedly associated with the Hindu Raksha Dal, led by Bhupendra Tomar, also known as Pinki Chaudhary.

Police traced the accused through their social media accounts. "The Kamla Market police station took suo motu cognisance of a video circulating on social media showing four men allegedly assaulting a man and registered a case," a Delhi Police spokesperson said.

Chaudhary later acknowledged social media posts by members of his organisation, who identified themselves as Hindu Raksha Dal workers and threatened to reach Jantar Mantar. Police detained him at his residence in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday.

Posts on Chaudhary's X account showed members and supporters of his organisation confronting CJP protesters at several locations in central Delhi. One of the posts featured a video of the alleged assault, along with images of police personnel, and questioned their failure to intervene.

CJP accused BJP and RSS activists of attempting to disrupt its protest. In one of its posts, the party also alleged that a police officer had instructed someone to stop filming, claiming that the police appeared to be helping the BJP and RSS.

The protest was called against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, but police had denied permission for the gathering. Security was tightened across

central Delhi, with police detaining CJP protesters and restricting access to several areas. The arrests come amid days of tension between CJP and BJP, with both sides accusing each other of inciting violence and mistreating protesters.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.