Man held for derogatory comments against Congress leader

The suspect, Vikas Sehrawat alias Mallik Sehrawat, was earlier arrested in March by the Ghaziabad police for delivering similar speeches in a viral video outside a temple before getting bail three months ago.

A 30-year-old man from Uttam Nagar has been arrested for allegedly making anti-Muslim comments and derogatory remarks against Congress leader Alka Lamba in a viral video.

DCP Thakur said Sehrawat is being questioned. (HT Archives. Representative image)

The suspect, Vikas Sehrawat alias Mallik Sehrawat, was earlier arrested in March by the Ghaziabad police for delivering similar speeches in a viral video outside a temple before getting bail three months ago.

DCP (south) Atul Kumar Thakur said they received a complaint against Sehrawat from Lamba on Monday. Lamba also tagged the Delhi Police in a post on Twitter and attached the purported hate speech video.

DCP Thakur said Sehrawat is being questioned. “Our police team succeeded in tracing the accused in the area of police station Bindapur and he (Sehrawat) was taken in police custody from his house,” he said.

In his videos, Sehrawat describes himself as a Hindu leader and a nationalist. Earlier, he was accused of threatening to kill a journalist and AAP lawmaker Amanatullah Khan.

Lamba, the former MLA from Chandni Chowk, said, “He is a notorious man and belongs to some right wing organisation. He is connected to Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, priest of the Dasna temple. Some months ago, he had made derogatory comments against me and the Ghaziabad police had arrested him. But even after coming out on bail, he makes such inflammatory comments.”