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Police person arrested 2 much Indian Youth Congress workers from Delhi successful transportation with a ‘shirtless’ protestation astatine the AI Summit, an serviceman said connected Friday (February 27, 2026).
The accused, identified arsenic Girdhar and Kuber Meena, instrumentality the full fig of arrests successful the lawsuit to 14, the serviceman said.
The Delhi Police is besides examining the fiscal way down the protest, which was staged during the high-profile acme earlier this week. A elder Delhi Police serviceman said aggregate slope accounts linked to the arrested accused are nether scrutiny.
Police fishy that funds primitively collected for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections whitethorn person been diverted for the demonstration. One of the accused, Krishna Hari, caput of the Indian Youth Congress’ (IYC) Bihar unit, allegedly received sums ranging from ₹40,000 to ₹1,00,000 connected assorted occasions.
“Questioning has indicated that the wealth whitethorn person been unused funds from the caller elections successful Bihar. We are examining slope accounts and the imaginable wealth way further to found this,” the serviceman said.
Accounts associated with the IYC person besides travel nether scrutiny arsenic investigators way however and erstwhile the wealth was spent. According to the police, astir ₹35,000 was allegedly utilized for logistics, including printing T-shirts and placards. Printed umbrellas were besides prepared but remained unused.
Watch: ‘Shirtless’ AI Summit Protest Triggers Delhi–Himachal Police Standoff
Of the 14 radical arrested truthful far, three were brought to Delhi from Himachal Pradesh connected Thursday (February 26, 2026) connected transit remand pursuing a standoff with the Shimla Police.
The protest, which progressive participants removing their shirts wrong the acme venue, allegedly caused heightened information concerns, prompting an investigation.
