Jantar Mantar: Who is Barkha Trehan who threw ink on activist Abhijit Deepke? Rapist Kuldeep Sengar has an old connection. Who is Barkha Trehan, who threw ink on activist Abhijit Dipke? She has a long-standing connection to rapist Kuldeep Sengar – ..

The incident that started after the police removed social activist Sonam Wangchuk from the historic Jantar Mantar in the capital Delhi has now taken a very violent and controversial turn. A woman suddenly climbed the stage and openly threw blue ink on activist Abhijeet Deepke, who was on hunger strike in support of Wangchuk and in his place. Soon after this high-profile incident, the attacker woman has been identified as Barkha Trehan. This sensational incident has once again exposed the huge tension between the security arrangements at Jantar Mantar and the various political groups, immediately after which the Delhi Police promptly took the accused woman into custody.

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Immediately after this attack on Abhijeet Deepke, information about Barkha Trehan’s history started going viral on fact-checkers and social media. Barkha Trehan describes herself as a ‘men’s rights activist’ and the founder and president of an NGO called ‘Purusha Aayog’. According to information available on the professional networking platform LinkedIn, she presents herself as an entrepreneur, egalitarian, and constitutional activist advocating for a gender-neutral society. She has been strongly vocal in support of men’s legal rights and their rights on various platforms for the last several years.

Openly supported rapist Kuldeep Singh Sengar: Came into limelight in Unnao case

Barkha Trehan’s association with controversies is not new; She was embroiled in huge controversies and discussions last year for openly supporting the key accused in the Unnao gangrape case and former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. When a Delhi court was considering Sengar’s plea to temporarily suspend his life sentence, Trehan had demonstrated at Jantar Mantar with placards reading ‘I support Kuldeep Sengar’. She had argued that politics should be stopped on sensitive matters like rape and the decisions of the courts should be respected at all costs, due to which women’s organizations had strongly criticized her.

Allegation of assault and detention after ink scandal: Slogans of Jai Shri Ram and Jai Bhim raised at Jantar Mantar

In the video footage of this latest incident on Saturday, it can be clearly seen that Barkha Trehan suddenly moves towards the stage where Abhijeet Deepke was sitting on fast and throws ink on him. Immediately after the ink was thrown, a massive scuffle broke out between the protesters present there and Trehan. When the Delhi Police personnel were taking Trehan into custody and taking him towards the vehicle, he cried with folded hands and alleged that he was beaten up by the people present there. During this entire uproar, while Barkha Trehan was seen raising slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’, on the other hand activist Abhijeet Deepke, drenched in blue ink, reiterated his resolve to continue his fast by raising slogans of ‘Jai Bhim’, calling blue his favorite colour.