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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Rahul Karmakar

Mevani re-arrested for ‘outraging modesty’ of woman police officer

GUWAHATI

Minutes after getting bail in a case related to an “offensive” tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, independent MLA from Gujarat Jignesh Mevani was re-arrested by the Assam police for allegedly assaulting and outraging the modesty of a woman police officer.

The MLA’s lawyer, Angshuman Bora, said western Assam’s Barpeta police had registered a case against Mr. Mevani on Sunday based on an FIR that he had “misbehaved, used slang words, assaulted and inappropriately touched” the woman police officer in the escort party while he was being taken to Kokrajhar from the Guwahati airport on April 21 following his arrest the previous night from Gujarat’s Palanpur.

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