VHP leader Pravin Togadia was sent to judicial custody today for two days in connection with ‘‘violation’’ of prohibitory orders and a ban on distribution of tridents in Rajasthan after a local court rejected his bail application.Magistrate Lata Gaur remanded Togadia to judicial custody after declining police request for custody of the VHP leader for two days. He will be produced before the court again on April 16, District Collector Niranjan Arya said.Speaking to reporters, Togadia threatened to wage a relentless struggle against the ‘‘anti-religious’’ Ashok Gehlot government of the state. ‘‘I shall now rest only after he is out of power,’’ he said.Meanwhile, Gehlot asserted that the government would foil the Sangh Parivar’s ‘‘conspiracy’’ to disturb peace in Rajasthan. He alleged that the Sangh was trying to cause disturbances in order to create political dividends for the BJP.‘‘At no cost will the Parivar be allowed to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of this state like they did in Gujarat. No one will be allowed to cause bloodshed,” the CM said.Togadia was arrested last night in Ajmer district. A case was registered against him under Section 4/25 of the Arms Act for possessing and distributing a banned weapon, under Section 188 of the IPC for violating prohibitory orders, and Section 153 (A) of the IPC for inciting communal passion.Three VHP leaders and a former Bajrang Dal president were rounded up apprehending a possible breach of peace in view of tomorrow’s VHP-organised Rajasthan bandh to protest against Togadia’s arrest, police said.DSP B.L. Jain said VHP leaders Amritlal Khemka, Chheetarmal Agrawal and Suresh Goyal were taken into custody, but later released in view of their old age.Ex-Bajarang Dal chief Subhash Baheti was arrested under Section 151 of the CrPC. Meanwhile, condemning the arrest of their leader, the VHP’s Punjab unit today said its activists would march towards Rajasthan. ‘‘If Togadia is not released immediately, about 5,000 activists of the Punjab unit of VHP carrying tridents will march towards Rajasthan to register their protest,’’ Punjab VHP in-charge Vijay Singh Bhardwaj said.
