BD memo over activist8217;s arrest

SURAT, Dec 28: The Bajrang Dal activists on Monday submitted a memorandum to Police Commissioner Kuldeep Sharma demanding action against policemen who had taken into custody a Bajrang Dal activist, who was pasting wall posters of Sadhvi Ruthambhara8217;s Katha, slated to start from January 3.

Carrying Trishuls and sporting saffron sashes, the BD volunteers submitted the memorandum in a charged up atmosphere. They were given audience for more than 45 minutes by Sharma.

The memorandum said BD volunteer Prakash Chanabhai Bhanderi was pasting posters when as many as five policemen from the Varachha Police Station arrested him and took him to the police station. He was severely beaten up in the police station and booked under Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act for carrying a trishul.