Key Points
Independent MLA candidate Naresh Meena was arrested following high drama and violence on Thursday a day after he slapped SDM Malpura Amit Chaudhary outside a polling booth in Rajasthans Tonk district...
The violence has been going on since Wednesday evening when the police tried to stop Meenas supporters from sitting on dharna...
The slap, videos of which were circulated widely on social media, set in motion differing protests from both his supporters and Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officials..
About 60 two-wheelers and 18 four-wheelers, including police vehicles, were torched in the violence that erupted outside the polling booth in Samravta village in the Deoli-Uniara Assembly constituency when the police tried to prevent the dharna...
After the polling, the police asked Meena and his supporters to disperse so that polling party could leave the station with EVM machines..
