Ashok Makwana was arrested on Tuesday and booked for sexual harrasment and under the POCSO act.
BJP today suspended Ashok Makwana, the Gandhinagar-based leader of the party in Gujarat who was arrested on charges for molesting a minor girl onboard a Goa-Ahmedabad flight.
"Gujarat BJP president Vijay Rupani suspended Ashok Makwana from party's primary membership with immediate effect," said state BJP's general secretary K C Patel.
Makwana, 41, a labour contractor, had been offered the post of vice president of Gandhinagar city unit recently but he had declined citing his busy schedule.
Sardarnagar police yesterday arrested him for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl on board a Goa-Ahmedabad flight of IndiGo Airlines on May 29.
He was booked under section 354-A of Indian Penal Code (sexual harassment) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to the First Information Report filed by the girl's parents, a male passenger sitting next to their daughter (who was travelling alone) sexually harassed her during the journey by trying to touch her several times and making inappropriate gestures.
Police identified him as Makwana from the passenger's list.