’BJP worker’ Shrikant Tyagi, who assaulted Noida woman, held in UP’s Meerut

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 09, 2022: The Noida police Tuesday arrested Shrikant Tyagi, who identifies himself on social media as a national executive member of the BJP’s Kisan Morcha, along with three others in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district.

 

The police got a tip off on Tyagi’s location as he was constantly trying to get in touch with his wife and lawyer.

His arrest comes a day after bulldozers tore down the illegal construction outside his house at the Grand Omaxe housing society in Noida’s Sector-93B.

Earlier in the day, his wife was taken into police custody again for questioning. The police picked up his wife from Srikant’s flat around 6 am on Tuesday. The Noida Police had taken her into custody on Friday and questioned her for more than 24 hours. Police have also taken Srikant’s relatives into custody and are questioning them.

On Tuesday, the police arrested six of his supporters for entering the Grand Omaxe society late Sunday evening without being permitted entry and asking about the address of the woman who was manhandled by Tyagi.

Tyagi was booked by the Noida Police for allegedly abusing and assaulting a woman following a spat on the premises of Grand Omaxe in Noida Sector 93B. Tyagi, following which he was on the run.

The incident took place when the woman objected to plantation of some trees by Tyagi, citing violation of rules even as he claimed he was within his rights to do so.

Courtesy: India Today