17 including JNU leader Kanhaiya, Jignesh held in North Gujarat for holding meeting without permission

Mahesana: Police today arrested JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, Dalit youth Jignesh Mewani and PAAS leader Reshma Patel for holding a public meeting at Somnath Chowk in Mahesana district of North Gujarat without proper official permission.

A total of 17 people were arrested when they were marching on so-called on-foot Azadi Kooch from Mahesana to Dhanera in Banaskantha district after holding the meeting.

They were arrested from near Nani Dau village on Palnpur-Mahesana highway under section 143 of the IPC pertaining to unlawful assembly.

Police said that as the section was bailable they were likely to be released on bail. The case has been lodged in A-division police station of the city.

Mewani meanwhile said that some one on a motorcycle tried to attack him near Fatepura during the March.

His aide Subodh Parmar who was also among those arrested said that the permission for the march and meeting was first given but was later cancelled. They want to go to Dhanera for tilling the fields of those farmers who have not got the possession of lands despite its allocation in their names. He said that the Azadi Kooch would be resumed if permission was granted for the same.

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