Hardik Patel Arrested in Jaipur, Kejriwal Calls it Bizarre 

Jaipur: Patidar leader Hardik Patel was arrested here on Friday and he tweeted that a police officer told him that this was done because of danger to his life. Patel said he was arrested on landing at the Jaipur airport.

"Jaipur Police cited threats to my life as the reason" he was taken into custody, Patel said. He quoted an unnamed senior police officer as saying that there were "orders from above" to arrest him.

Kejriwal asks Rajasthan to release Hardik

Calling Patidar leader Hardik Patel's arrest "bizarre", Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked the Rajasthan government to immediately release him.

"Arrested? Bizarre. Vasundhara (Raje) government should release him immediately," the Aam Aadmi Party leader tweeted.