Court sends right-wing activist to 14-day judicial custody

New Delhi: A court here in Gujarat has sent right wing activist Kajal Hindustani to 14-day judicial custody following her arrest for allegedly delivering a “hate speech” on Ram Navami that caused a communal clash in Una town, police said on Monday. Hindustani surrendered before the police in Una on Sunday. She was subsequently arrested and produced before a court in Una which rejected her bail plea and sent her to 14-day judicial custody, Una police station inspector NK Goswami said. The police did not seek her remand and she was sent to the Junagadh Central Jail, Goswami said. Hindustani’s speech on the Ram Navami festival on 30 March caused a communal clash in Una town on the night of 1 April.