The arrest by the Assam police was a pre-planned conspiracy at the behest of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to ‘destroy’ him ahead of Assembly elections, independent Gujarat lawmaker Jignesh Mevani alleged on Monday.
Mr. Mevani, who is associated with the Congress, said he feared that something may be “planted” in his computer that has been seized by the police, and described his arrest as “56-inch cowardice”. He noted that that it was shameful that the judiciary had to comment that “Assam is becoming a police State”.
