A gym owner from Pauri Garhwal’s Kotdwar, Deepak Kumar, who shot into the limelight for confronting members of Bajrang Dal harassing a Muslim shopkeeper early this year, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly abusing, assaulting and threatening a businessman, police said.
According to police, Mohammad Deepak was arrested in the evening following an investigation into a complaint lodged by a businessman at Kotdwar Kotwali police station.
During an argument with the protesters, Deepak identified himself as ‘Mohammad Deepak’. A case was initially registered against Deepak under Sections 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and an investigation was launched.
Police said the arrest was made as a preventive measure amid apprehension of a breach of peace. Deepak was arrested in the evening following an investigation into a complaint lodged by businessman Sanjeev Tonk at Kotdwar Kotwali police station, according to police. Tonk alleged that Deepak behaved rudely with him, used abusive language and threatened to kill him, police said. A video of the incident subsequently went viral on social media, following which he became known by the name, police said.
