Politics
Agra Police arrest 2 Congress leaders over CEC graffiti
Hindustan Times··6h ago
Agra Police on Tuesday arrested Congress leaders Anil Yadav and Mukesh Dhanger for defacing CEC Gyanesh Kumar's home. Officers said they wrote Gyanesh Gaddar and related phrases on the gate and walls. Police registered a suo motu case at Hari Parvat station after a CCTV-led chase toward Delhi. Yadav holds an Azamgarh organisation post; Dhanger is Mathura district Congress president.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Protests at private residences in Agra can now draw BNS cases, police warned political groups.
- Designated protest sites remain the lawful venues police asked parties to use.
- Associates of the arrested leaders are still being sought through CCTV, police said.
What's Happening
- Congress workers on Monday morning raised slogans and spray-painted Kumar's Vijay Nagar residence.
- Indian Youth Congress posted clips saying workers smeared black ink on the house.
- The arrested leaders told police they were heading to the party office in Delhi after leaving Agra.
Political backdrop in Agra
- Kumar faces scrutiny after reports that two Election Commissioners objected to decisions taken in the panel's name.
- Yadav contested Nizamabad in Azamgarh in the previous Assembly polls; Dhanger contested Mathura in the prior Lok Sabha race.
- Police said elderly parents of the CEC live at the ancestral Agra house that was targeted.
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