Bagga failed to appear before cops despite being issued five notices: Punjab Police

Officers with the Mohali police said Bagga is a resident of Janakpuri in Delhi. “In pursuance of the orders of the high court to strictly adhere to the directions of the Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar and another, 2014(8) SCC 273, the accused was served five notices u/s 41 A CrPC to come and join investigation. The notices were served on April 9, 11, 15, 22 and 28. In spite of that, the accused deliberately did not join the investigation,” the officials said.

Police officers told The Indian Express that Bagga had been arrested in connection with a case registered at cyber cell (FIR No. 18 u/s 153A,505,505(2),506 IPC) at the state cyber crime unit, on April 1 for causing instigation/incitement/criminal intimidation to cause violence, use of force, imminent hurt in a predesigned and orchestrated manner by making/publishing provocative, false and communal inflammatory statements through his interview given to the media and through his posts on the social media site Twitter.

The police said that on Friday morning, following due process of law, the accused had been arrested from his home. Further investigation is on.