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Six VHP activists held for Orissa Assembly attack
Six more activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad have been arrested by the crime branch of police in connection with the attack on Orissa Assembly on March 16, official sources said.
Six more activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad have been arrested by the crime branch of police in connection with the attack on Orissa Assembly on March 16, official sources said.
They were taken into custody on Friday and produced before the sub-divisional judicial magistrate here and their bail plea was rejected. With this, the total number of arrests of VHP and Bajrang Dal activists in connection with the incident had gone up to 80.
Immediately after the storming of the Assembly, 67 VHP and Bajrang Dal activists, including seven women and the VHP state president Bipin Behary Ratho, had been taken into custody. They were subsequently released on bail by courts.
They were taken into custody on Friday and produced before the sub-divisional judicial magistrate here and their bail plea was rejected. With this, the total number of arrests of VHP and Bajrang Dal activists in connection with the incident had gone up to 80.
Immediately after the storming of the Assembly, 67 VHP and Bajrang Dal activists, including seven women and the VHP state president Bipin Behary Ratho, had been taken into custody. They were subsequently released on bail by courts.
On Wednesday last, seven persons were arrested from Jajpur district. Meanwhile, the house committee of the Orissa Assembly, which is probing the incident, held a meeting in Bhubaneswar on Friday and viewed the video footage of the incident taken by local electronic media.
Bureau Report