BJP leader, activists arrested, then released
PTI, Chandigarh
Arun Jaitley, General Secretary of India's main opposition BJP, was on Thursday arrested and later released along with 273 other party workers when they tried to march to Punjab Raj Bhavan in protest against the price hike of petrol, diesel and other commodities.A Chandigarh Police official said 274 persons, including Jaitley, Chandigarh BJP chief Yash Pal Mahajan and others were arrested, under various sections of the IPC, near the Sector 7-8 roundabout here when they were trying to march to Raj Bhavan as part of the party's week-long nationwide protest. He said that all the arrested were discharged on the orders of the sub-divisional magistrate (east). Jaitley also held a news conference inside the police station.
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