Ravneet Bittu detained after throwing eggs, tomatoes at Punjab CM Mann's convoy

Bittu was detained by the Ludhiana Police and whisked away to an undisclosed location

NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu was detained by Ludhiana Police on Saturday after he protested with eggs and tomatoes as chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s cavalcade passed through Ludhiana.Bittu was detained by the Ludhiana Police and whisked away to an undisclosed location. The detention came a day after Bittu alleged that his cavalcade had been attacked by AAP workers near Batala while he was travelling to Pathankot to attend the BJP’s anti-drug yatra.Bittu had on Friday claimed that more than 100 AAP workers targeted his cavalcade and hurled stones and eggs at the vehicles. He alleged that the attack damaged two escort vehicles and the jammer vehicle.“A window pane of two escort vehicles broke. They also damaged the jammer vehicle,” Bittu had alleged.He said the incident took place when his cavalcade slowed down and accused the local police of acting as a “mute spectator”.Bittu also warned that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the state DGP would be responsible if anything happened to him or those accompanying him. He said he had brought the matter to the notice of the Union Home Ministry.

Bittu, the grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, was travelling to Pathankot for the anti-drug yatra being launched by BJP president Nitin Nabin. His security team had reportedly apprehended three people following the alleged attack.