For Tweet Asking PM Modi To Appeal For Peace, Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani Arrested By Assam Police

"Assam police late on Wednesday night took custody of Vadgam MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, reportedly over a couple of tweets claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who ""considers Godse as God,"" should appeal for peace and harmony against communal clashes in Gujarat. A team of four policemen from Assam took Mevani into custody at Palanpur circuit house in Banaskantha. A close aide of Mevani said that the police were not giving details of the offence and it was only after a group of Congress leaders and his supporters created a ruckus at Ahmedabad airport, that the police showed a document revealing a case against Mevani for his tweets. The document shows that on the basis of a complaint by one Anup Kumar Dey, a resident of Bhabanipur in Kokrajhar district in Assam, a case was lodged against Mevani Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hörbuch: 22. April 2022