UP police arrest Rahul Gandhi walking to Hathras

October 01, 2020 15:16

The SUV in which Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi were travelling to Hathras

Just in: UP Police have arrested Rahul Gandhi. Rahul and Priyanka were on their way to Hathras in UP to meet the family of the girl who was gang-raped and murdered. Speaking to reporters, Rahul said that he was manhandled by the police. "Just now police pushed me, lathicharged me and threw me to the ground. I want to ask, can only Modiji walk in this country? Can't a normal person walk? Our vehicle was stopped, so we started walking," Rahul said.

Rahul Gandhi has been arrested under Section 188 of the IPC. Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, provides penalties for disobeying any regulation or order made under the Act. These are according to Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant).

Even as Congress workers blocked roads and chanted slogans, the Gandhis' SUV crossed the border, but their convoy was stopped at Greater Noida, at a point that is about 142 km to Hathras. The Gandhis then got off the vehicle and started walking with scores of Congress workers.

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