Overview

• Plainclothes officers escorted Nirmal Chaudhary into a police vehicle at around 8 a.m. on June 21 as he arrived to sit his fourth-semester philosophy exam at Rajasthan University.
• The arrest stems from a 2022 case accusing Chaudhary of unlawful assembly, obstruction of government work and misbehavior with police during a protest.
• Sangaria MLA Abhimanyu Poonia accompanied Chaudhary to the Gandhi Nagar police station by choice and was released without charge.
• Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and party figures Tikaram Jully, Sachin Pilot and Govind Singh Dotasra condemned the action as a politically driven assault on democratic norms.
• Despite calls from the Congress for his immediate freedom, Chaudhary remains in custody at the Sanganer Sadar police station.