Bihar: The Vice President of Uttar Pradesh BJP unit Dayashankar Singh, who had made a misogynistic remark about Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, has been arrested from Bihar.

Singh, at a press conference in the Mau district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, had said that the BSP chief was giving party tickets based on the amount of money paid to her and that even a prostitute was better than her.

Dayashankar Singh, later apologised for his remarks against Mayawati and was sacked following nationwide outrage among politicians who called for his arrest.

Additional Superintendent of Police Keshav Yadav said that a joint team of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and Bihar Police nabbed him from Chini Mill area in Buxar. “He will be taken to Uttar Pradesh,” Yadav said, adding it was being investigated when he reached Bihar and with who he was staying.

A non-bailable warrant had been issued against Dayashankar Singh, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Uttar Pradesh. A case was also registered at the Hazratganj police station by Mewa Lal Gautam against Singh.