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| Congress candidate Imran Masood |
| Congress candidate Imran Masood who threatened to kill Narendra Modi arrested
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| INDIA
, 29-March-2014
0:37:2 AM |
| Imran Masood, the Congress candidate from Saharanpur in West Uttar Pradesh who was filmed declaring that he will kill Narendra Modi, was arrested from his residence around 4 am today.
A criminal case was registered against him yesterday after a video of him threatening to "chop Modi to pieces" went viral on the web. Apologising for his comments yesterday, he told NDTV, "I meant that I would teach him a lesson."
An FIR or First Information Report accused Mr Masood, 40, of violating the election code of conduct, but it was not clear when and where the comments were made.
The police say they received the video CD on Thursday. Mr Masood claims he spoke those words eight months ago, when he was with the Samajwadi Party.
Mr Masood's party, the Congress, condemned his remarks and senior party leader Digvijaya Singh said the comments should not go unpunished. Sources say Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's scheduled rally in Saharanpur today could be cancelled.
In the CD, Mr Masood says, "I am a man of the street, ready to give my life for my people. I am neither afraid of death or of killing. He thinks this is Gujarat. There are only 4% Muslims in Gujarat. There are 42% Muslims here."
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said the comments reflect a mindset that believes "abusing Modi is an expression of aggressive secularism." He also referred to Sonia Gandhi's "Maut Ka Saudagar (merchant of death)" barb in 2007 against Mr Modi. (Read: BJP sowing seeds of poison in its hunger for power, says Sonia Gandhi)
Mr Modi, 64, is contesting his first parliamentary election from Varanasi, 800 km away in India's largest and most politically vital state. In his speech, Mr Masood warns the BJP leader against "turning Uttar Pradesh into Gujarat."
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