BJP  stalwart Ashwini Upadhyay and five others have been detained by the Delhi Police and are being questioned in connection with the communal sloganeering near Jantar Mantar on Sunday, Delhi Police sources said on Tuesday. The other five have been identified as Vinod Sharma, Deepak Singh, Vinit Kranti, Preet Singh and Deepak.

A video showing communal slogans being raised during a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi was widely circulated on social media, after which the Delhi Police registered a case relating to the matter on Monday. The protest was organized by Bharat Jodo Aandolan at Jantar Mantar.

Police had summoned Ashwini and asked him to appear at the Connaught Place police station for questioning. Besides, others were too summoned and grilled by police.  Meanwhile, Ashwini has denied any involvement in the sloganeering. "I have submitted a complaint to the Delhi Police to examine the video which went viral. If the video is authentic, then strict action should be taken against the persons who were involved in it," he said.

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