Overview
- Police said the October 19 confrontation at Tez Garhi in Meerut began as a parking dispute near Energy Minister Somendra Tomar’s local office, with a man made to kneel and rub his nose on the road as car windows were smashed.
- Superintendent of Police Ayush Vikram Singh stated that a case was registered after the footage spread online and that Vikul Chaprana, identified as the BJP Kisan Morcha district vice-president, was arrested while associates are being traced.
- An FIR was lodged on the complaint of Aditya Rastogi on behalf of his brother, Satyam Rastogi, under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 115(2), 352 and 351(2).
- The station in-charge and three personnel—Kirti Palace Gaurav Singh, Chetan Singh and constable Brijesh Kumar—were suspended and sent to police lines over alleged failure to intervene, with statements from those present being recorded.
- Congress and the Samajwadi Party shared the video to attack the BJP, while Tomar denied any link to the dispute and local party leaders said such conduct is unacceptable.