Meerut police arrested Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Seva chief Amit Jani on Sunday in connection with the anti-Kashmiri hoardings that were put in parts of the state.

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Hoardings calling for boycott of Kashmiris and asking them to leave Uttar Pradesh were put up by Jani's organization in Meerut and the Delhi-Dehradun highway outside colleges on Friday. The banners warned Kashmiris of "consequences" if they did not leave the state.

"A police team arrested Amit Jani while he was on his way from Delhi on Saturday night," a senior police officer told TOI.

Jani called the hoardings a "protest against the Kashmiris who pelt stones on the soldiers of the Indian army".

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Jani claimed to have set up nearly 48 such hoardings in Meerut and on Delhi-Dehradun highway near colleges where Kashmiri students study in a huge number.

He had said that his party members will ask the people of Uttar Pradesh to completely boycott Kashmiris by not giving them milk, water, and rented accomodations,

The government had immediately condemed the incident with home minister Rajnath Singh appealing the states to ensure the safety of Kashmiri students.

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On Friday, Meerut DM Sameer Verma and SSP J Ravinder Goud met Kashmiri students at the Subharti University and assured them of their safety.

Incidentally, Jani had even filed an appeal related to his surrender at the chief judicial magistrate court in Meerut on Saturday.