Raipur: Chhattisgarh police today (Nov 30) arrested senior BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leader and former Union Minister, Dilip Singh Judeo's son, Yudhveer Judeo along with 20 supporters on the charge of disturbing peace in some areas of the Jashpur district.

The Jashpur superintendent of police (SP), M P Choudhary told reporters over phone that Yudhveer and his supporters were arrested from the outskirts of the Jashpur district headquarters following complaints against them by several people and political workers opposed to Judeo.

Judeo was engaged in creating terror in Bagicha, Sarna and Jashpur areas of the district and disturbing public peace for which he has been arrested along with his supporters but he is yet to be produced before any magistrate, Choudhury said.

There are complaints against him and others that they were not allowing flags of parties other than the BJP to be put on vehicles and had also allegedly deflated the tyres of some vehicles and broken their windshields, the SP said.

PTI