Summary:
Ranchi, Apr 21 (PTI) A man vying for the mukhiya"s post and two of his supporters have been booked for pro-Pakistan slogans allegedly raised in a procession in Giridih when he was on his way to file nomination papers for the coming Jharkhand rural poll, police said on Thursday.
Supporters of Md Shakir Hussain (45), the panchayat poll candidate from Dokodih panchayat, allegedly raised "Pakistan zindabad" slogans when they accompanied him to the election office on Wednesday, the police said.
As a video of it went viral on the social media, police swung into action.
"We have arrested the mukhiya candidate Md Shakir and his two supporters, Asif and Sohaib on charges of spreading hatred in the society and violating the model code of conduct,” Giridih Sadar sub-divisional police officer Anil Kumar Singh told PTI.
The three will be be sent to jail on Thursday after completing some procedures such as the COVID test, he said.
The process for filing nomination papers for the first phase of the panchayat election in Jharkhand began in 72 blocks of 21 districts of the state from April 16.