Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Vardev Singh Mann, popularly known as Noni Mann, was arrested by police in connection with a violent clash that occurred outside the Block Development and Panchayat Officer’s office in Fazilka’s Jalalabad town last year, during the nomination process for panchayat polls.

Jalalabad City police station SHO, Angrej Kumar, confirmed the arrest, stating that Mann, who had unsuccessfully contested Assembly elections twice on the SAD ticket from the neighbouring Guru Har Sahai Assembly segment, was apprehended from the Sangrur area on Wednesday morning. He will be produced before the judicial magistrate of Jalalabad.

According to sources, the case dates back to October 2024, when a clash erupted between rival groups over alleged irregularities in the nomination

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