<p> Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena chief Amit Jani has been arrested in connection with the anti- Kashmiri hoardings that were put up in the city.<br /><br />Partapur police station in-charge Dinesh Sharma said Jani was arrested from the Delhi-Doon highway near Partapur bypass when he was on his way to Dehradun from the capital last night.<br />Banners calling for boycott of Kashmiris and asking them to leave Uttar Pradesh had been put up by the organisation on NH-58 outside the colleges where students from the Valley study.<br /><br />The outfit had said it was only the first step and it would launch a "halla bol" campaign from April 30 to "banish" the Kashmiris who do not leave the state on their own.<br />A case had been lodged against Jani following which he had gone missing.<br /><br />Yesterday, through his advocate, the organisation's chief submitted a surrender application before the special CJM court.<br /><br />Upon being questioned, he told police that he had got the hoardings put up because soldiers were being martyred in Kashmir.<br /><br />Jani had first shot into the limelight in 2012 when he damaged a statue of former chief minister Mayawati. Last year, he had been arrested for threatening to kill JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid.</p>
<p> Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena chief Amit Jani has been arrested in connection with the anti- Kashmiri hoardings that were put up in the city.<br /><br />Partapur police station in-charge Dinesh Sharma said Jani was arrested from the Delhi-Doon highway near Partapur bypass when he was on his way to Dehradun from the capital last night.<br />Banners calling for boycott of Kashmiris and asking them to leave Uttar Pradesh had been put up by the organisation on NH-58 outside the colleges where students from the Valley study.<br /><br />The outfit had said it was only the first step and it would launch a "halla bol" campaign from April 30 to "banish" the Kashmiris who do not leave the state on their own.<br />A case had been lodged against Jani following which he had gone missing.<br /><br />Yesterday, through his advocate, the organisation's chief submitted a surrender application before the special CJM court.<br /><br />Upon being questioned, he told police that he had got the hoardings put up because soldiers were being martyred in Kashmir.<br /><br />Jani had first shot into the limelight in 2012 when he damaged a statue of former chief minister Mayawati. Last year, he had been arrested for threatening to kill JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid.</p>