Mainstream WeeklyPress Statement issued by Shri KC Venugopal, G. Sec. I/C, Organisation
23 February, 2023
Today, a group of INC leaders were travelling on Indigo Flight No. 6E 204 from Delhi to Raipur. After we boarded, Sh. Pawan Khera was deplaned and informed that the Assam Police will be arresting him. Without providing any copy of the FIR, an arrest warrant, or a production warrant from the concerned magistrate, the Delhi Police detained Sh. Khera.
Sh. Khera was arrested on totally baseless (…)
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