'Arguing in the dark': Counsel for IYC president Uday Chib says unable to access FIR copy

Security personnel stand guard outside Patiala House Court as Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Uday Bhanu Chib is produced before the court following his arrest in connection with a protest at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, on February 24, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI

• Chib sent to 4-day police custody over AI Summit protest
• Defence claims no FIR copy shared, calls remand plea frivolous
• Prosecution alleges Chib masterminded protest, sought t-shirts

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The counsel for Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib on Tuesday said that his team is 'arguing in the dark' as they have not been provided with the copy of the First Information Report (FIR).

Hours after a Delhi court sent Chib to four-day police custody in connection with a protest at the India AI Impact Summit, advocate Sujoy Ghosh, speaking to the media said the prosecution has declined to share a copy of the FIR stating that the report is extremely sensitive and a formal request has to be made with higher officials.

Earlier today, Judicial Magistrate Ravi allowed four days of custody to the police to question Chib over his role in the AI Summit protest, during which IYC members took their shirts off to reveal anti-Modi and anti-Centre slogans on t-shirts beneath.

The accused opposed the prosecution’s remand plea, denying no “riot-like situation” was created and calling the allegations an attempt to “insert riots everywhere.” They said those present were unarmed and beaten, questioning the need to recover t-shirts through custody.

"They say the FIR is so sensitive that we have to make a request, the commissioner will constitute a committee, and then they will decide whether to give the FIR.Secondly, they said they need him because he is the mastermind and they have to recover T-shirts from Himachal and other places. Our argument was very simple... We argued before the court that the whole world is watching, and we will be a laughing stock if we send the president of the opposition youth association to prison or police custody because some T-shirts were printed and need to be recovered," said Chib's counsel while interacting with the media.

In the court, advocate Sujoy Ghosh submitted that his client was not present at the spot and had already been interrogated, calling the remand plea “frivolous and irrelevant” as he asked the prosecution to show any prima facie conspiracy.

Public Prosecutor Atul Kumar Srivastava countered that the accused, though not physically present, was “communicating and monitoring each and everything” and was the “mastermind.” He said the knowledge that the act could lead to a riot-like situation was sufficient and that as IYC president, he bore “additional responsibility.”