BJP leader Ashok Sahu arrested for his communal speech

Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 18:17 [IST]

Bhubaneswar, Apr 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Orissa's Kandhamal parliamentary constituency, Ashok Sahu, was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged inflammatory speech in the communally sensitive region of Raikia town on April 5.

Sahu, a retired Indian Police Service officer, was arrested in Phulbani town after allegedly evading the police for days.

Sahu could be jailed for up to three years for his communal speech. (ANI)

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