<span style="color: #222222;">Chhattisgarh police have arrested Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's father Nandkumar Baghel in connection with a case registered against him for his alleged derogatory and inflammatory statements targeting a particular community.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Raipur district superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told media that 86-year-old Nandkumar Baghel was brought from Delhi and the arrest was recorded in Raipur.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was produced before a local court, which remanded him to 14 days' judicial custody as he did not file a bail application.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The chief minister's father had reportedly made certain remarks against an upper-caste community in Lucknow and some other places.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Members of the community lodged a complaint with the police in the state capital, which booked him under IPS sections for promoting disharmony, enmity or hatred between different groups and for speech causing fear or alarm among a group of people for or provoking violence.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">State BJP president Vishnudeo Sai welcomed the action against Nandkuamr Baghel saying that it is in the interests of social and religious harmony of the state.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said the Baghel has been consistently making similar remarks against communities and the situation would not have deteriorated this much if the Congress government had taken timely action.</span><br />