Mangaluru: The accused of selling antiquated Jain Idols Ashton Sequeira (27), who was arrested on Saturday from Koteshwar near Kundapur, has been identified as the district secretary of NSUI. Embarrassed by this, Congress leaders suspended Ashton from his post.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team headed by PSI Harish R had arrested five people including Ashton near Kotalingeshwara Temple.

Ashton, who is a known face in Congress, has taken several photographs with MLAs JR Lobo and BA Mohiuddin Bava and also with the Chief Minister. These photos went viral on social media soon after the news of Ashton's arrest was spread. Embarrassed by this, Congress leaders immediately suspended him from his post.

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Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.

"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.

"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.

"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.

The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.