Punjab Police on Friday arrested BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, AAP MLA Naresh Balyan said in a tweet on Friday.
Taking to Twitter, Aam Aadmi Party's Uttam Nagar MLA Naresh Balyan: "BJP leader @TajinderBagga M0), a party of the uncouth, was arrested by the Punjab Police. Had given to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ji the threat of "Jeene nahi denge."
"Today morning, 10-15 police personnel came to our home & dragged Tajinder out. When I picked up my mobile phone to record a video of the incident, police took me to another room & punched me in the face," Preetpal Singh Bagga, father of BJP leader Tajinder Pal S Bagga, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
“The police personnel who came to our home today morning said that Tajinder gave a death threat to Arvind Kejriwal. The Delhi Police had no information about the incident; A DCP is here now,” Preetpal Singh Bagga said.
The 36-year-old leader - who has been involved in standoffs with the AAP government in the past - was detained at a police station in Delhi by the Punjab Police, ANI reported.
The police, however, have so far not given any statement about the arrest.
Bagga has been highly vocal against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on social media. He came under fire from the AAP, which is ruling both Delhi and Punjab, for his tweet against Kejriwal over 'The Kashmir Files' movie.
Last month, the Punjab Police booked Bagga on the charges of making provocative statements, promoting enmity and criminal intimidation. The case was registered on a complaint of a resident of Mohali.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that the AAP government is misusing power to target its political opponents.
BJP IT department head Amit Malviya took to Twitter to say that every worker of the party will ensure that Kejriwal "learns how to handle power the hard way".
"Arvind Kejriwal's brazen misuse of Punjab Police to target political opponents is not unexpected. He had been raging for this. But this won't go down well. We will fight to secure every single karyakarta of ours and ensure that Kejriwal learns how to handle power the hard way..." he tweeted.
BJP's National General Secretary (Organisation) BL Santhosh also condemned the arrest, and said, "Punjab Police is being used as personal mafia of Arvind Kejriwal. We condemn the arrest of Tajinder Bagga and assault on his father by police at the insistence of Aam Aadmi Party. Soon Karma will catch you." MP Nishikant Dubey shared the detention news and said that the BJP never act out of vengeance.
"This is an example for the defenders of freedom of expression in a democracy that the BJP never act out of vengeance. Did not expect such a thing from you Bhagwant Mann. Every BJP worker would fight for Tajinder Bagga ji," he tweeted in Hindi.
(With inputs from Agencies)
