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Delhi councillor arrested over racist comment

Posted on February 13, 2014 from Delhi ι Report #302

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A 50-year-old woman councillor was arrested here Thursday for making a racist comment a year ago, police said Thursday.

Kalpana Jha, councillor of Ward No. 187 in Sangam Vihar area of south Delhi, was arrested and booked under the SC/ST Act, police said.

She was arrested on a complaint by Janata Dal-United leader Seema Sharma.