Overview
- Deepak Kumar said Rahul Gandhi invited him to New Delhi, assured him he had done nothing wrong, and promised to visit Kotdwar and take a membership at his gym.
- Deepak reported meeting Sonia Gandhi during the visit and said the threats he had been receiving have now stopped.
- His Hulk Gym’s daily footfall fell from about 150 members to roughly 12–15 after the January 26 confrontation, though senior Supreme Court advocates purchased year-long memberships to help.
- Uttarakhand Police said multiple FIRs were filed on complaints from both sides, and a separate FIR was registered over a video allegedly offering a ₹2 lakh reward to kill Deepak.
- The Uttarakhand BJP criticized Rahul Gandhi’s meeting, calling it appeasement and alleging it would disturb the state’s demography and peace.