Pawan Khera Arrest LIVE: Dwarka Court Grants Interim Bail To Congress Leader In View Of Order Passed By SC
Pawan Khera Arrest LIVE: Congress leader Pawan Khera was arrested by Assam Police on Friday at Delhi Airport over his comments on PM Modi's father. Follow this space for live updates.
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Pawan Khera Arrest LIVE: Congress leader Pawan Khera was arrested by the Assam Police on Thursday at Delhi airport after he was deplaned from Delhi-Raipur Indigo flight 6E-204 in connection with his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's father. 15 cases were registered in 15 districts of Assam against Khera
"We have requested Delhi police to arrest him (Pawan Khera). We will bring him to Assam after taking permission from a local court," Prasanta Kumar Bhuyan, IGP Law & Order and Spokesperson of Assam police had told news agency ANI.
The development comes as the Congress Party on Thursday began a protest at Delhi airport after its senior leader Pawan Khera was deplaned from Delhi-Raipur Indigo flight 6E-204. The grand old party criticised the Modi government, alleging a "dictatorial" move ahead of the Congress party's 85th plenary session, scheduled to take place in Raipur from February 24 to 26.
Senior Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that Khera was stopped citing an FIR by Assam Police, "Today we were going for the Congress Plenary Sessoin to Raipur, and our colleague Pawan Khera was told that he left his luggage but he was not carrying any luggage. Then the Police came and said Assam Police has registered an FIR."
"We asked them to show an arrest warrant but they did not show any order. It is completely illegal Assam and Delhi Police have stopped our flight forcefully," he claimed.
Pawan Khera Arrest LIVE: Dwarka Court Grants Interim Bail To Congress Leader In View Of Order Passed By SC
Dwarka court granted interim bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in view of the order passed by the Supreme Court. The court granted him interim bail on furnishing a bond of Rs 30,000. He was arrested by Assam Police earlier today.
Pawan Khera Arrest LIVE: BJP Govt Tried To Harass Pawan Khera, Says Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge
BJP govt tried to harass Pawan Khera. I’m happy with SC's order, it's a tight slap on their face. I condemn this action by BJP. In Parliament also, we were stopped from raising issues. They’re trying to eliminate freedom of speech. Democracy in threat, said Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge, reported ANI.
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