Hooda''s aide Virender held, sent to 2-day police remand

Rohtak, March 17

Ex-CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda aide Prof Virender Singh, who was booked for sedition, criminal conspiracy and inciting violence during the Jat agitation, was today arrested, police said.

He was produced before a court which sent him to two days of police remand.

Singh was political advisor to Hooda during his 10-year tenure as chief minister.

He, however, claimed before reporters that he had voluntarily surrendered at the SP's office.

"I am a law abiding citizen. I have not done anything wrong and the truth will come out," he said.

The arrest came after the Rohtak district court on Tuesday denied him anticipatory bail.

Singh along with others was booked last month under various sections of the IPC, including sedition, after an audio clip surfaced in which he was purportedly heard talking to a Khap leader in order to allegedly incite violence during the Jat community's reservation stir. — PTI