Dayashankar Singh arrested from Bihar over remarks on Mayawati
The arrest comes a day after Dayashankar Singh failed to get a stay from Allahabad high court which directed the UP govt to file its reply by 5 August
Buxar, Bihar: Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Uttar Pradesh Dayashankar Singh, who was on the run after an FIR was filed against him for making alleged derogatory remarks against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati, was on Friday arrested from Bihar’s Buxar district.
Dayashankar Singh was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) team with the help of the district police from a house in Chinni Mill locality, superintendent of police Upendra Kumar Sharma told PTI.
Buxar is about 100 km from Patna on the border of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Singh had gone underground after an FIR (first information report) was registered against him on 20 July by UP police on a complaint by BSP leader Mewalal Gautam, alleging that Singh’s remarks hurt the feelings of BSP workers and the Dalit community across the country.
The arrest comes a day after Singh failed to get a stay from Allahabad high court which directed the UP government to file its reply by 5 August on his plea challenging the lodging of the FIR against him.
The remarks by Singh, former UP vice president of BJP, had stoked a major controversy with BJP expelling him from the party.
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