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6 Congress Workers Arrested for Defacing CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Agra Home
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Moneycontrol•30-09-2026, 14:40
6 Congress Workers Arrested for Defacing CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Agra Home
- •Six Congress workers were arrested and sent to judicial custody until October 3, 2026, for allegedly defacing CEC Gyanesh Kumar's ancestral home in Agra.
- •The protest involved writing abusive messages on the walls of the residence and demanding the CEC's immediate removal, as part of a nationwide agitation against alleged voter list manipulation.
- •An FIR was registered at Agra's Hariparwat police station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including charges related to voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint, and rioting.
- •The FIR names eight individuals, including Congress functionaries Anil Yadav and Mukesh Dhangar, along with 15-20 unidentified persons.
- •Police stated that the accused entered a residential colony without permission and created a disturbance outside the CEC's parents' residence.
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Six Congress workers were arrested and jailed after allegedly defacing the ancestral home of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a protest against voter list manipulation, with police registering cases under BNS sections including attempt to murder and rioting.
The FIR filed at the Hariparwat police station includes charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for attempt to murder, rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint, criminal force against a public servant, house trespass, and criminal intimidation.
Following their production before a court, six accused Congress functionaries, including Anil Yadav and Mukesh Dhangar, were sent to judicial custody until October 3, 2026.
