Jaipur: As many as 800 sangh parivar leaders, including a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and three party MLA’s, were on April 15 taken into custody during the Rajasthan bandh, called by VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) to protest arrest of its leader Praveen Togadia, which evoked mixed response and was marred by stray violence in Ajmer.br>
A state roadways bus was damaged by bandh supporters in Ajmer on April 15 morning, additional Director General of Police Arun Duggar said. br>
BJP MP Girdhari Lal Bhargava, two party MLA’s and about 800 workers of VHP, BJP, RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and Bajrang Dal were taken into custody and later released. br>
Another BJP MLA and three party men were arrested under the arms act in Baran district after they tied to take out a procession defying prohibitory orders and on being stopped by police, took out tridents. br>
Security had been beefed up and prohibitory orders clamped in 15 districts in view of the bandh called to protest arrest of Togadia after a trident distribution ceremony in Ajmer on April 13 and the ban on tridents. br>
PTI