Asansol (West Bengal) [India], September 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha state secretary Bappa Chatterjee was sent to three-day police custody by a court in Asansol on Saturday.

He was arrested for allegedly sharing a fake photo of a signboard of Asansol Municipal Corporation on social media.

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Meanwhile, BJP MP and BJYM West Bengal president Soumitra Khan and four to five other BJP workers were arrested by Asansol Police yesterday while they were staging a dharna before the Asansol Durgapur Police Commissioner's office.

Since yesterday morning MP Soumitra Khan and his party workers were protesting against the arrest of BJYM state secretary Bappa Chatterjee.

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On the other hand, police arrested around 35 BJP Yuva Morcha workers in Siliguri while they were protesting against the arrest of their state president Soumitra Khan in Asansol yesterday. (ANI)

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