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Nearly two hours after Union Minister Ashwini Choubey's son Arijit Shashwat surrendered before the police in connection with the Bhagalpur violence case, the latter claimed that Shashwat was arrested. 'We had got information of his whereabouts and began our surveillance. Bhagalpur police were also here with an arrest warrant for Arijit (Shashwat). We arrested him near a police station here outside Hanuman Mandir. As per routine procedures, we will now begin interrogating him,' Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Rakesh Dubey told reporters here.