VHP asks cadres to remain calm as Togadia goes missing

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday appealed to its workers and sympathisers to remain calm after the bodys International Acting President Pravin Togadia went "missing" from the party office in Ahmedabad.

"All the office-bearers and workers of VHP are worried about the disappearance of Pravinbhai Togadia. We got to know through media reports that both Rajasthan and Gujarat police have denied arresting him. Then this matter becomes more critical," VHP General Secretary Champat Rai said in a statement in New Delhi.

"We request all party workers and well-wishers to stay clam and not believe any rumours and should not react in a way to make the situation more tense," he added.

Earlier in the day, VHP activists alleged that Togadia was missing and that he had been taken away by Rajasthan Police.

Notably, Togadia enjoys Z-Plus security.

Around 50 Vishwa Hindu Parishad workers created a ruckus at a police station in Ahmedabad, alleging that the police, in connivance with their Rajasthan counterparts, had taken Togadia into custody in connection with a 10-year-old murder case.

Alleging that the Sola police helped the Rajasthan Police arrest the VHP's International Acting President from Paldi area in Ahmedabad, the workers wanted to know his whereabouts.

--IANS

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