Shrikant Tyagi: Politician Caught On Cam Abusing Noida Woman Is Serial Offender - 'Hot Mic' With Nidhi Razdan

Shrikant Tyagi, the alleged BJP politician from Noida seen abusing a woman in a video that went viral, has finally been arrested by the UP police from Meerut

Hi, this is Hot Mic and I'm Nidhi Razdan.

Remember this guy? Shrikant Tyagi, the alleged BJP politician from Noida seen abusing a woman on this video, which went viral, has finally been arrested by the UP police from Meerut. Tyagi was on the run since Friday night, after the video clip was circulated widely on social media, which showed him physically and verbally abusing a woman resident of Noida's Grand Omaxe Society, over illegal structures at his home. The arrest comes after Tyagi's lawyer moved a surrender application in a Greater Noida court and the UP police announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for any information about him. Police say that Tyagi was arrested from his aide's home on the outskirts of Meerut. He had planned to go to Saharanpur via Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh and was in touch with his wife and lawyer, they say. So who exactly is Shrikant Tyagi? Because that's been at the heart of this entire controversy.

Now, Tyagi has claimed to be a member of the BJP's Kisan Morcha and his social media handles are full of photos of him with several top BJP leaders, including party chief JP Nadda. But the BJP has repeatedly denied that Tyagi is associated with the party. They say anyone can take a picture with politicians. But a report in the Indian Express says that Tyagi was very much a part of the BJP and was appointed national coordinator of its Kisan Morcha's Yuva Kisan Samiti in 2018. The Express has shown Tyagi's appointment letter dated August 27th, 2018 and goes on to say that a BJP leader whose tenure coincided with Tyagi's told the Express that the letter was genuine and that Tyagi was part of the team from August 2018 to April 2021. It also turns out that Tyagi even got police protection for more than a year between October of 2018 and February of 2020. So he does appear to have had a clear link with the ruling party.