Updated: November 8, 2020 1:59:19 pm
The leader of the BJP, Kapil Mishra.
Delhi police detained BJP leaders Kapil Mishra and Tajinder Bagga for staging a protest seeking the release of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in Rajghat on Sunday morning.
Goswami was arrested in complicity in a suicide case recorded against him in May 2018 earlier this week. The Bombay High Court is scheduled to pronounce your order on the request for interim bond presented by the journalist at 3:00 p.m. on Monday.
I and @TajinderBagga arrested from Rajghat
– Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) November 8, 2020
According to the police, Mishra and Bagga held a dharna near the Mahatma Gandhi monument together with some party members around 9 am on Sunday.
In addition to the duo, they also detained 3-4 protesters and took them to the Rajender Nagar police station, a senior police officer said.
Bagga and Mishra took to Twitter to say they were “arrested” for protesting in Rajghat.
“We told them to hold a protest at a designated location and we tried to get them out, but they didn’t listen to us. They violated government orders (section 144), so we detained them, ”the officer said.
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