The Rajasthan Police today arrested Arjun Meena, main accused in the alleged shearing of a Sikh boy’s hair here, from the Delhi airport early on Thursday. The accused was nabbed by a team of Rajasthan Police as he was coming out of the domestic airport.Jaipur SP Vishal Bansal said the accused had fled to Sawai Madhopur after the incident, from where he had taken a train to Mumbai. He was caught while returning from Mumbai, he said.Meanwhile, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today assured a delegation led by SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar and BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu that stringent action would be taken against those responsible for the incident. She said her government would make sincere efforts to ensure safety of the Sikh community. According to the FIR, 17-year-old Inderpreet Singh was abducted and his hair forcibly cut. The incident had sparked off angry protests from the community not just in Jaipur but in other parts of North India as well.Cong eyeing Punjab poll: BJPNEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday alleged the Congress was trying to give a political colour to the Jaipur incident to create a wedge between Hindus and Sikhs ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab. BJP parliamentary party spokesman Vijay Kumar Malhotra condemned the incident, but said it did not behove the Congress to talk of Sikh honour. He reminded the ruling party that many Sikhs were shorn of their hair and lynched in 1984. Malhotra said key accused Arjun Meena had been arrested and hunt for the others was on. He said SGPC leader Avtar Singh Makkar and BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu had met Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and “expressed their satisfaction” over the steps taken by the government. They conveyed this to the local Sikh community after which they lifted their dharna. He said the boy is a Central School student and hence the onus is now on the Congress to ensure that the school takes action. — ENS
