Protest at AI summit: Youth Congress president granted bail

A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Indian Youth Congress National President Uday Bhanu Chib, three days after he was arrested in connection with a protest at the India AI Impact Summit, reported Bar and Bench.

Chib was summoned for questioning by the Delhi Police on Monday and arrested on Tuesday morning.

On the same day, he was remanded to four days of police custody.

Judicial Magistrate First Class Vanshika Mehta of Patiala House Courts said on Saturday that Chib had appeared and participated in the investigation after he was served a notice, reported Live Law.

Mehta added that the police had not presented any reason to justify further custody of Chib.

The case pertains to a protest staged by at least 11 persons on February 20 during the AI Impact Summit.

The group had shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held placards alleging that he was “compromised”.

Following this, the Delhi Police, which reports to the Union home ministry, filed a case against the protesters, accusing them of rioting and promoting enmity between groups. It alleged that the protest was an attempt to disrupt the high-profile event at Bharat Mandapam.

The Youth Congress president was the eighth person to be arrested in the case.

A day before he was held, the police had arrested three other officials of the Congress’ youth wing, identified as...

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