Overview

• Punjab Police registered multiple FIRs against Navneet Chaturvedi after AAP MLAs complained their signatures were forged on his nomination papers.
• Election officials rejected his papers during scrutiny, with MLAs present disavowing the signatures; he had filed two sets on October 6 and October 13.
• Ropar police moved to arrest Chaturvedi near Sukhna Lake under a court warrant, but Chandigarh Police intervened and took him to Sector 3 police station.
• Chandigarh Police said he had requested protection and was a security protectee, while senior officers from both forces held discussions after the confrontation.
• Chaturvedi petitioned the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking protection from arrest; AAP accused the BJP of shielding him, a claim the BJP denied.