The Delhi Police revealed that the Indian Youth Congress workers involved in the shirtless protest at the Bharat Mandapam AI Impact Summit last week originally planned to paste printed stickers on black umbrellas. However, they decided to drop this plan and opted for stickered clothes instead, as they were doubtful of getting the umbrellas past security, a report said.
According to police, the Youth Congress workers on Friday entered the lobby area of Hall No. 5 and raised slogans after removing the shirts they were wearing over their T-shirts. The group registered online to obtain QR codes to enter the venue, news agency PTI quoted police sources as telling them.
As expected, the security officials did not notice the printed T-shirts that they wore beneath a layer of regular shirts. Once inside, they raised slogans after removing the shirts worn over the slogan-printed T-shirts, which read "PM is compromised", "India-US Trade Deal", and "Epstein Files".
The sources claimed the protesters also manhandled some police officers on duty, and the entire matter is under investigation. The investigators are also probing the financial trail behind the protest, including who funded the printing of slogans on the T-shirts, PTI said.
Meanwhile, a fifth youth wing worker of the Congress party was picked up from Madhya Pradesh in connection with the case. The accused, identified as Jitendra Yadav, was apprehended from Gwalior. IYC president Uday Bhanu Chib was earlier questioned in connection with the case, and more names have surfaced during the interrogation of the accused.