Overview
- A CCTV video from May 13 showing Manohar Lal Dhakad in an obscene act on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway has gone viral, prompting legal action.
- Police have registered an FIR against Dhakad and the woman involved under sections 296, 285, and 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Samhita and are actively searching for them.
- The Dhakad Mahasabha Youth Association has removed Dhakad from his role as National General Secretary following the incident.
- The BJP has denied that Dhakad is a primary member of the party, though his wife, Sohan Bai, is a BJP-backed district panchayat member in Mandsaur.
- The incident raises questions about surveillance ethics and privacy, as the act was captured by high-security cameras on the expressway.