RSS activist Kundan Chandrawat, who announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore for beheading Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has been arrested in Ujjain, police said on Tuesday.
Chandrawat was arrested on Monday, and later produced before the chief judicial magistrate's court which sent him to judicial custody for a fortnight.
In a video posted on social media early this March, Chandrawat was purportedly seen announcing a bounty of Rs 1 crore for beheading Vijayan, whom he held responsible for the killing of RSS workers in the southern state.
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The Superintendent of Police in Ujjain, Manohar Verma told PTI:
We on Monday arrested Kundan Chandrawat over his alleged statement. He was produced before the chief judicial magistrate’s court which remanded him in judicial custody.
Chandrawat regretted his statement and withdrew it in the face of widespread criticism. The RSS distanced themselves from his remark, removing him from the post of Sah Prachar Pramukh (joint publicity chief) of Ujjain district.
(With inputs from PTI)
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