India, May 15 -- Ben Cohen, an American businessman and the founder of ice cream company Ben & Jerry's, was arrested after he interrupted Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Senate hearing and protested against the US Congress's support for Israel.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, was presenting his department's budget for 2026 when he almost jumped out of his seat, surprised by the loud slogan 'RFK kills people with AIDS'. As he looked back, it was a group of protestors chanting the slogan.

Ben Cohen, 74, who is also a progressive activist, was a part of the protest. "Congress sends bombs that kill children in Gaza," he said, adding, "and pays it with cuts to Medicaid". He was forcefully removed from the S...