Hindu Raksha Dal member Daksh Chaudhary held for molestation during Holi in Ghaziabad; had slapped Kanhaiya Kumar earlier

GHAZIABAD: A man who had slapped Congress functionary Kanhaiya Kumar two years ago was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a woman.

Ghaziabad resident Daksh Chaudhary, who molested the 34-year-old woman during Holi in Ankur Vihar, was nabbed along with an associate, Akku Pandit. The duo — members of Hindu Raksha Dal (HRD) — were picked up when they were creating a ruckus in a colony.


In May 2024, Daksh had slapped Kanhaiya, the Congress's Lok Sabha candidate from North East Delhi.

ACP Gyan Prakash Rai said that a case has been registered against Daksh, Akku and unknown persons under sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 76 (assault or use of criminal force to women with intent to disrobe), 351(2) (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) of the BNS.

"The accused also tore the complainant's sister's clothes and misbehaved with her badly during the Holi celebrations," said the FIR, which was registered at Ankur Vihar police station following the woman's complaint.

The woman, along with her family members, were celebrating the festival at 3pm, when some people came and assaulted a male member of her family and also abused and misbehaved with her.

"Apart from Akku and Daksh, the names of the other people are not known. Some of them pulled out a pistol and pointed it at us and some men also had swords. We called 112 after which some of them fled. Their associates badly beat up a man, due to which he sustained a head injury," she said.

On Dec 30, 2025, an FIR was registered against Chaudhary and 45 other members of the outfit for distributing swords and other sharp weapons.

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