Police arrested two persons in connection with alleged waving of Palestinian flag in two separate processions of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi in two tribal-dominated districts of Madhya Pradesh.

In the first incident in the Balaghat district, the police arrested one, Shakib, and registered a case against him, along with some unidentifed persons, under Section 197 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).

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The other incident was reported from the the Mandla district of the state where the police arrested a man named Fardeen and booked him and some unidentifed persons under Section 197 (2) of the BNS.

Investigations in both the incidents were underway.