VARANASI: The deputy chief of Shiv Sena's UP unit, Ajay Chaube was arrested on Monday for releasing a poster in the city announcing, "25 November

mein mandir nirman, Kashi mein Gyanvapi dhwast ka ailan."

The poster, released ahead of Sena's 'Chalo Ayodhya' march, says that the announcement of temple construction in Ayodhya and demolition of Gyanvapi (mosque) in Kashi will both happen on November 25. The poster also carries the image of the Ram Mandir model and photograph of

.

Soon after the release of the poster, Chaube was detained by the Cantonment police while a lawyer and secretary of Islamic Sadbhavana Foundation, Shashank Shekhar Tripathi, gave a complaint to the SSP fearing communal tension in the city fuelled by the poster.

Chaube was booked under Sections 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) of IPC. The SSP said, "No one will be allowed to disturb communal harmony and appropriate action would be taken in this regard."

Sena MP

said in Lucknow that anyone releasing such posters has nothing to do with party. He said: "I don't know who put up the poster, when or where. I also don't know Ajay Chaube. We had given no call for such posters to be released and it is just a mischief done by our adversaries. All we want is to remind the people of BJP's promise made during elections."

Before his detention, Chaube claimed that about 1,500 Sena activists will march to Ayodhya on November 24 to take part in rally of Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on November 25.

"Through this poster, we have tried to put Shringar Gauri Gyanvapi mosque agenda into motion. Every year Shiv Saininks try to offer jalabhishek to the restricted site of

deity Shringar Gauri in the premises of Gyanvapi mosque. But, their attempt was foiled by police. It has been in our agenda since the time of party founder Bala Shaheb," Chaube said.