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Togadia defies ban, arrested

Ajmer, April 13
VHP leader Praveen Togadia was tonight arrested shortly after he distributed tridents to Bajrang Dal activists here, defying ban and prohibitory orders.

Mr Togadia distributed the tridents among a gathering of 3,000 Dal activists amid chanting of hymns and slogans at the Subhash Udyan.

Within hours, the police arrested the VHP leader near Kishangunj, about 40 km from here, as he headed towards Jaipur after the tridents distribution function (Trishul Diksha) at Subhash Udyan in this holy town, a senior police official said in Jaipur. Mr Togadia was arrested under the Arms Act.

The Rajasthan Government had on April 8 banned distribution, possession and carrying of tridents in the state, except at religious places.

Earlier, Mr Togadia was briefly stopped by the police from entering Ajmer as he was going to attend the ‘Dharamsabha’ and ‘Trishul Diksha’ in a convoy of 10 vehicles. PTI