Police teams have also raided five locations in Lucknow while on their hunt for Ashish. The police has also questioned a man called Sahil, believed to be Ashish's friend and who was at the Hyatt at the time of the incident. The Delhi Police has recorded the statements of a few Hyatt staff members, most security personnel present during the incident.
The police have begun an all-out effort to arrest Ashish Pandey. This information matches with what is heard in the video - at one point the man with the gun yells "I am from Lucknow" and at another point a man's voice is heard asking an "Ashish" to calm down and leave the place. In Delhi: "Lucknow se hun bc" Raza Khan October 16, 2018 Pandey is the son of a former Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Parliament Rakesh Pandey and the brother of a sitting Uttar Pradesh MLA.
Sources told IndiaToday.in that based on the registration number, the police have identified the man involved in the incident as Ashish Pandey from Lucknow. The has launched an manhunt for this man after registering a case under Arms Act. A man with a gun seen threatening a girl and a man at the hotel gates. Show of horror at Hyatt Regency hotel, RK Puram Delhi on Saturday night. With the help of CCTV footage, police were able to identify the registration number of the BMW car in which the man with the gun drove off. The police received a complaint from the assistant security manager of the Hyatt Regency Hotel on October 15 regarding the incident.Ī case has been registered in the RK Puram police station under the Arms Act. The Delhi Police confirmed that the incident took place over the weekend - sometime late Saturday or early Sunday. "He's giving the middle finger or something," she says at one point.
October 16, 2018Īt varying points during the video, the woman who is shooting the video is heard abusing the couple in English. The woman who shot the video was sitting inside the man's car, a BMW.įlashy. The video, which first emerged on Facebook (where it was posted by a woman who most likely is connected to the hospitality industry - more on that later) was shot by one of the three women who were accompanying the man in pink pants. Police teams have raided several locations in Lucknow, where Ashish lives, as the viral video of the expletive-laden fight continues to provoke strong reactions from all quarters. Ashish has been booked under the Arms Act and police forces of both Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have launched an all-out effort to arrest him.Īnand Kumar, the UP Police ADG (law and order), told India Today TV, "Police making an all-out effort to nab Ashish Pandey.