Guwahati, April 21: Gujarat MLA, Jignesh Mevani was arrested by the Assam Police on the night of April 20, reportedly on a complaint by a BJP leader over tweets towards Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, that have now been removed.

Jignesh Mevani was arrested from a circuit house in Palanpur at around 11.30 pm on Wednesday and taken to Ahmedabad, from where he was flown to Assam on Thursday morning. A BJP leader, Arup Kumar Dey from Kokrajhar in Assam, had filed a complaint against him.

“Kokrajhar police arrested Congress Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani from Palanpur Circuit House last night,” said Kokrajhar Superintendent of Police, Thube Prateek Vijay Kumar to reporters.

The FIR lists charges like criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity between communities, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace and sections of the IT Act.

Jignesh Mewani’s Twitter account shows that two tweets posted by him on April 18 have been withheld on “legal demand”.