Banaskantha: The Assam police arrested Jignesh Mevani the MLA from Gujarat’s Vadgam on Wednesday night, reportedly over a couple of his tweets. A police team from Assam took Mevani into custody at Palanpur Circuit House in Banaskantha around 11:30 pm on Wednesday night, as per Mevani’s team.
‘Police yet to share FIR copy with us. Prima facie, we have been informed about some cases filed against him in Assam’, his aides had said during the time of his arrest. Later, the Kokrajhar police in Assam confirmed the development. ‘Kokrajhar police arrested Congress Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani from Palanpur Circuit House last night’, ANI quoted Kokrajhar Superintendent of Police Thube Prateek Vijay Kumar.
Gujarat | Congress Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani arrested by Assam Police from Palanpur Circuit House around 11:30 pm last night, as per Mevani's team. "Police yet to share FIR copy with us. Prima facie, we have been informed about some cases filed against him in Assam," they added pic.twitter.com/lYkKzCwOpu
— ANI (@ANI) April 20, 2022
A case was lodged against Mevani under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), section 153(A) (promoting enmity between two communities), 295(A), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), and sections of the IT Act.
A case was lodged against Mevani under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), section 153(A) (promoting enmity between two communities), 295(A), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), and sections of the IT Act
— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2022
A couple of tweets on Mevani’s Twitter handle are not visible on his feed with a message from displaying that the tweets have been withheld in India based on a ‘legal demand’. Mevani has been taken to Ahmedabad and from there Assam Police will take him to Guwahati.
Elected as an independent MLA, Mevani had extended his support to the Congress party in September 2019. Supporters of Mevani have planned a protest against his arrest in the national capital today. Meanwhile the Gujarat Congress tweeted today, ‘Assam Police along with Gujarat Police is reported to have detained Gujarat MLA Mr Jignesh Mevani at 11:30 pm and taken him to Assam by train on April 21 from Ahmedabad at 4 am. Treating a public servant as a criminal at night is CONDEMNABLE’.
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