Chandigarh, Oct 15 (PTI) A Rajasthan man accused of filing his Rajya Sabha polls nomination with forged signatures was arrested by Punjab Police on Wednesday, after a court pulled up the Chandigarh Police for "hindering" his arrest and directed it to cooperate following a dramatic face-off between the two forces over his custody.

Navneet Chaturvedi was booked for allegedly forging the signatures of 10 AAP MLAs for a Rajya Sabha bypoll nomination. He had been provided protection by the Chandigarh police after he had filed an application expressing fear of abduction.

Punjab Police and Chandigarh Police personnel had on Tuesday entered into heated arguments and engaged in a minor scuffle too after the former was allegedly prevented from taking Chaturvedi into custody.

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