St Xavier row: Goa cops issue LOC against Gautam Khattar; arrest his co-accused brother in Haridwar

PANAJI: (Apr 22) The Goa Police investigating the alleged objectionable remarks made by right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar against St Francis Xavier issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him on Wednesday and arrested his brother in Uttarakhand, officials said.

A team of the Goa Police’s Crime Branch arrested Madhav Khattar from Haridwar and named him as a co-accused after it was found that he had prepared the speech delivered by his brother at the event held four days ago.

A day earlier, the police visited Gautam Khattar’s residence in Dehradun, but he was not found there. The police issued a summons to him, asking him to appear before the investigation officer, but he has not responded, a senior official said.