The sources said Bhardwaj showed no sign of remorse during the questioning, news agency PTI reported.
Bhardwaj (22) was asked more than 100 questions during his remand, a police source said, adding that he answered some of them but did not respond to several others.
No FIR has been registered in the matter yet, a senior police officer said. The development came a day after the Delhi Police added sections of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the charge of criminal intimidation to the FIR registered over the alleged assault. A fresh FIR under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was also lodged on a complaint from the minor activist, who alleged that she was subjected to online threats and harassment after speaking out against the assault on her father. In a separate development, Supreme Court lawyer Amita Sachdeva got a complaint lodged with the Delhi Police against the student activist, alleging that she insulted Hindu deities through objectionable social-media posts.
He was produced before additional sessions judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler at his residence around 2pm, while his legal-aid counsel appeared before the judge through video-conferencing. NEW DELHI: Self-proclaimed ‘influencer’ Swatantra Bhardwaj, arrested in connection with the alleged assault on a student activist’s father during a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, was shown his viral videos and questioned by multiple police teams during his remand, officials said on Sunday. Bhardwaj was arrested on Friday after being detained in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr and sent to a daylong police custody by a Delhi court on Saturday.