Overview
- Deepak Kumar intervened on January 26 when Bajrang Dal activists pressured a 70-year-old shopkeeper over the use of 'Baba' in his store name, introducing himself in a viral video as 'Mohammed Deepak'.
- Police registered an FIR on the shopkeeper’s complaint under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions including voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.
- Separate cases were filed against dozens of protesters for public-order offences, and a case was also registered against Deepak following a separate complaint.
- Deepak says he was attacked this week; police called him in, assured his safety, and said such incidents would not recur.
- Officials increased deployment at his gym and other sites and stepped up checks at the Kaudiya border, as Deepak declined a Rs 2 lakh reward announced by a Jharkhand minister and urged calm.