Congress Leader Arrested For Placing Tricolour On Gangster Atiq Ahmed's Grave
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"He was a people's representative and a martyr. Why he was not given state honour and why the tricolour was not put on his grave," Rajju said, according to the purported video.
Local Congress leader Rajkumar Singh Rajju was taken into custody by the police on Wednesday after he allegedly placed the tricolour on the grave of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, calling him a "martyr".
Congress expelled Rajju, who was a candidate in the upcoming urban local body polls, from the party for six years, its city president Pradeep Mishra Anshuman said.
Anshuman said that Rajju was a Congress candidate for corporator from Azad Nagar in South Malaka.
A purported video of the incident went viral in which Rajju can be seen placing the tricolour on the Ahmed's grave and raising slogans in favour of Ahmed and his brother Ashraf and demanding Bharat Ratna for the former MP.
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