VARANASI: Four people have been arrested for allegedly posting a online advertising list Prime Minister Narendra Modiis Varanasi Office on “sale,” police said Friday. The defendant had taken a photograph of Modi’s “Jansampark Kaaryalay (public relations office)”, which represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabhaand put it “for sale” in OLX website, they said.
The office is located at Jawahar nagar town locality, and falls under the boundaries of the Bhelupur Police Station, Varanasi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amit pathak said.
“Yesterday, we learned that the prime minister’s office here was put up for sale on the OLX website. An FIR was immediately filed at the Bhelupur police station, and the matter is being investigated,” Pathak said.
“Four people involved in the case have been detained,” the SSP said, adding that the person who took the photo and posted it on the website is among them.
The defendants are being questioned and further legal proceedings are underway, he said.
Prime Minister Modi, four times Prime Minister of Gujarat, was first elected to the Varanasi Lok Sabha in 2014 and then re-elected from the constituency in 2019.
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