Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ajay Mathan was arrested on Monday from Pune in connection with Sunday s violence in the Amravati district. According to reports, Ajay had first raised a flag at the Dhula Gate leading to a skirmish. Police said that Ajay will be taken to Achalpur city in Amravati
Additional Superintendent of Police, Shashikant Satav, said that 22 persons from both the groups have been taken into custody after the incident which occurred around Sunday midnight and the situation is under control now.
Members of two communities pelted each other with stones over the removal of religious flags, to which police responded by firing tear gas shells on Sunday midnight