Police arrested Yuvrajsinh Jadeja, Aam Aadmi Party leader, and a whistleblower, outside the superintendent of police (SP) office in Gandhinagar on Tuesday evening for allegedly assaulting police personnel and allegedly dragging one of them on his vehicle’s bonnet.

According to police, Jadeja had reached the SP office in Gandhinagar sector 27 around 4:15 pm on Tuesday in support of 55 aspirants of “Vidyasahayak” recruitment who were detained by the police for protesting demanding an increase in the number of posts Police alleged that Jadeja allegedly assaulted police personnel on duty and later tried to flee the scene.

Before his arrest, Jadeja claimed to the media that he reached the SP office to help the detainees because a few women protestors had fainted due to heat and exhaustion.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Mayur Chavda, superintendent of police, Gandhinagar said, “We had detained 55 protestors of Vidyasahayak recruitment and brought them to sector 27. Jadeja had followed the detainees and abused and assaulted the policemen present over there. Initially, there were only 2-3 policemen present over there however after more personnel reached the spot, he went back to his car and tried to flee. When a few policemen tried to stop his car, he dragged one of them on his bonnet for a few meters. He was then apprehended. We have video evidence against him and we have booked him under Indian penal code section 307 for an attempt to murder and 332 for causing hurt to a...

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