Gujarat Police arrest TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale from airport in Rajasthan, claims social gathering; ‘no information’, says cop

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday claimed that the Gujarat Police has arrested its spokesperson Saket Gokhale, terming it a “political vendetta”.

In a tweet, TMC nationwide spokesperson and Rajya Dabha MP Derek O’Brien detailed the circumstances beneath which the arrest was made.

Gokhale took a flight at 9 pm from New Delhi to Jaipur on Monday. When he landed, the Gujarat Police was on the airport in Rajasthan ready for him and picked him up.

At 2 am on Tuesday, Gokhale referred to as his mom and advised her that the police have been taking him to Ahmedabad and he would attain that metropolis by midday, O’Brien claimed.

“The police let him make that two-minute phone call and then confiscated his phone and all his belongings,” the TMC chief stated on Twitter.

At 2 within the morning on Tue, he referred to as his Ma and advised her that they’re taking him to Ahmedabad and he would attain Ahmedabad by midday at present. The police let him make that one two-minute cellphone name after which confiscated his cellphone and all his belongings. 2/3

— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022

“The cooked up case is filed with the Ahmedabad cyber cell about Saket’s tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse. All this cannot silence the All India Trinamool Congress and the Opposition. BJP taking political vendetta to another level,” he alleged.

When contacted, Jaipur airport police station SHO Digpal Singh stated he had no such info.

“I have no information. Nobody informed us,” he stated.

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday claimed that the Gujarat Police has arrested its spokesperson Saket Gokhale, terming it a “political vendetta”.

In a tweet, TMC nationwide spokesperson and Rajya Dabha MP Derek O’Brien detailed the circumstances beneath which the arrest was made.

Gokhale took a flight at 9 pm from New Delhi to Jaipur on Monday. When he landed, the Gujarat Police was on the airport in Rajasthan ready for him and picked him up.

At 2 am on Tuesday, Gokhale referred to as his mom and advised her that the police have been taking him to Ahmedabad and he would attain that metropolis by midday, O’Brien claimed.

“The police let him make that two-minute phone call and then confiscated his phone and all his belongings,” the TMC chief stated on Twitter.

At 2 within the morning on Tue, he referred to as his Ma and advised her that they’re taking him to Ahmedabad and he would attain Ahmedabad by midday at present. The police let him make that one two-minute cellphone name after which confiscated his cellphone and all his belongings. 2/3
— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022
“The cooked up case is filed with the Ahmedabad cyber cell about Saket’s tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse. All this cannot silence the All India Trinamool Congress and the Opposition. BJP taking political vendetta to another level,” he alleged.

When contacted, Jaipur airport police station SHO Digpal Singh stated he had no such info.

“I have no information. Nobody informed us,” he stated.