Ex-BJP minister's brother arrested for 'abusing' J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested from Rajasthan the brother of former BJP minister Lal Singh who had been on the run since the registration of a case against him for allegedly abusing Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during a public rally.

The officials said that Rajinder Singh alias Bobby was arrested from Udaipur, where he was hiding. He is being brought to Jammu.

A video, circulated on social media, purportedly showed him hurling abuses at the chief minister during the Dogra Swabiman Rally in Hiranagar last month.