A 25-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Nashik district has been arrested for chanting pro-Pakistan slogans during an Independence Day programme, a senior official said on Thursday.
Policemen have been deployed in the area to prevent any adverse incident, the official said.
According to the police, an event was organized on 15 August at the Chandwad toll plaza, some 60 km from the city of Nashik. During the programme, one of the toll plaza employees, identified as Shadab Shafaqat Qureshi, started shouting “Pakistan Zindabad”, the official said.
The toll plaza manager then filed a police complaint, after which a case was registered against Qureshi and he was arrested, the official said.
On Wednesday, an all-party protest march was brought to Chandwad police station, where protesters demanded that Qureshi be booked for sedition.
“Police have registered a case related to the incident at Chandwad toll plaza and the suspect has been arrested. Further investigations are underway and an additional police force has been made available,” Police Superintendent Shahaji Umap said.
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