The Gokalpuri police station had registered an FIR against 12 accused, including Chowdhary, for various offenses under the Indian Penal Code, including rioting, murder, criminal conspiracy and abduction or abduction to murder.
Other accused in the case are Lokesh Kumar Solanki, Pankaj Sharma, Sumit Chowdhary, Ankit Chowdhary, Prince, Jatin Sharma, Vivek Panchal, Himanshu Thakur, Sahil, Sandeep and Tinku Arora.
In his bail application, Choudhary said that he was arrested on the basis of the disclosure of the main accused Solanki, but there was no recovery from his possession and he was not directly or indirectly related to the WhatsApp group of Katar Hindu Ekta.