Barun Kashyap Bhuyan, a city-based creative director who was arrested on October 5 by Amboli police and sent to judicial custody on October 8 was released on a conditional bail from the Arthur Road jail on Friday afternoon. Bhuyan was arrested for registering a false complaint with regards to being a victim of an alleged cow vigilante group in August.
Bhuyan had created an uproar on social media when he posted about his 'tormenting' experience with regards to the alleged cow-vigilantes, of which the police had taken cognisance. However, during interrogation, the police suspected his story to being false, and hence, arrested him for making a false complaint. Speaking to DNA, Bhuyan said, "I stand by my post and I have not manipulated anything." Clarifying on alleged writing the post for a publicity stunt, he said, "I am a middle-class person with a normal life. If I had done this for publicity, I had many opportunities to connect to the media, which I did not do."
The Amboli police registered a case against him under the IPC sections 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups) and 182 (giving false information to a public servant). Commenting that he did not have any intentions of creating a communal dispute, Bhuyan said, "I am a Hindu and I did not have any intentions of creating any communal tension. I was merely venting out the wrong that was done to me."
He further added, "As far as allegations about me cooking up a story for reaching late at work is concerned, I stand by what I posted and my boss is supporting me on that."
According to Preeti Sharma Menon, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson, Bhuyan, who was on hunger strike for nine days was not given any medical treatment.
