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By Online Desk

A BJP leader was arrested by Kanpur police on Tuesday over controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad, four days after clashes broke out in the district over Nupur Sharma’s comments.

According to ANI, a case has been registered against BJP youth wing leader Harshit Srivastava for a tweet, which now stands deleted, on the recent violence that broke out in Kanpur due to the comments made by Nupur Sharma on national television. 

The BJP had on Sunday suspended Ms Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Jindal for their remarks on the religious leader. Further investigations are on, said sources.

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