New Delhi: Gopal Italia, Aam Aadmi Party's chief in Gujarat, has been detained by the Delhi police for allegedly using the word "neech admi" to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's politics.
Italia was arrested when he had presented himself before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on a commission's summons over his alleged derogatory remarks against women.
On Thursday, Italia was at the NCW office where a team of Delhi Police arrived and took him to the Sarita Vihar police station in South East Delhi.
As of now, the officials have not given any official statement on the status of his detention.
Further details were awaited.
Recently, two old videos of Italia had surfaced, one in which he criticises Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "neech" politics, and another in which he makes derogatory remarks against women.
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