Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani stopped at Jaipur Airport
(Sourced from PTI)
Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani was today stopped at Jaipur International Airport. The administration of Nagaur, where Mevani had a rally, had restricted his visit and the police stopped the Gujarat MLA at the airport to inform him about the order, police said. After Mevani was stopped at the airport, he tweeted to say that he only wanted to talk about the Indian Constitution.
For urgent attention of media : today, immediately after I landed at Jaipur airport, few cops made me sign a letter saying MlA Jignesh mevani's entry is restricted in entire nagor district of Rajasthan. I was going there to talk about Indian constitution and Baba Saheb Ambedkar
— Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) April 15, 2018
In another tweet, Mevani said, "Now the police is saying you are not allowed to move around even in Jaipur and they are forcing me to fly back to Ahmedabad and also not allowing to hold even a press conference...this is shocking."
Police said Mevani was restricted from moving around in Jaipur because of the imposition of section 144 of the CrPC which was in effect after the violence during the March 2 "Bharat Bandh". However, he was neither detained nor arrested by the police. We're telling him about the imposition, after which he is free to travel anywhere, said DCP Jaipur East Kunwar Rashtradeep.
