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Police in northern India arrested a youth leader from the Hindu nationalist ruling party for posting anti-Muslim comments on social media after derogatory remarks by another party official about the Prophet Mohammed led to a diplomatic furore, officials said on Wednesday. Harshit Srivastava, a youth leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was arrested in Kanpur city following communal tensions last week during a protest by Muslims to denounce the anti-Islam comments. “We arrested the local politician for making inflammatory remarks against Muslims,” said Prasha…