Youth Congress Shirtless protest: Delhi Police arrest another accused from Gwalior, total tally reaches 5

February 23, 2026

Gwalior/New Delhi: Police have arrested Jitendra Yadav from Gwalior in connection with the Youth Congress protest at Bharat Mandapam, Delhi Police said on Monday.

This marks the fifth arrest in the ongoing investigation into the demonstration held during the India AI Impact Summit 2026.

Accused in five day custody 

Prior to Yadav’s arrest, four other leaders, Krishna Hari, Kundan Yadav, Ajay Kumar and Narasimha Yadav, were apprehended and remanded to five days of police custody by the Patiala House Court.

According to Delhi Police, the officials have recovered T-shirts and posters that were used in the Indian Youth Congress’s protest at the AI Summit at Bharat Mandapam from Indian Youth Congress leader Krishna Hari’s car. Police have also detained another Youth Congress protester and are conducting raids to search for the remaining protesters.

Patiala House Court rejects bail 

Meanwhile, the Patiala House Court on Saturday rejected the bail applications of all four arrested Indian Youth Congress workers and sent the accused to police custody for five days.

Earlier, the Delhi police had sought five days’ custody of these four accused persons, who were among those who performed a shirtless protest at the AI Summit at Bharat Mandapam for raising anti-national slogans in the presence of international leaders and dignitaries.

Right to organise protest used, says Accused counsel 

Their custody is required to arrest other accused persons who fled from the spot, the Delhi police said. The counsel for the accused argued and submitted that the accused belongs to a political party. They used their right to organise a protest at Bharat Mandapam. The protest was peaceful; no video shows any violence. It is also submitted that they are office bearers and educated individuals with degrees.

This comes after members of the Indian Youth Congress staged a protest at the Bharat Mandapam venue of the Al Impact India Summit in the national capital by removing their shirts with slogans that read, “Compromised PM”.The party workers removed their shirts as a mark of dissent.