Mohan Poonia was arrested by Bichwal police for creating nuisance and damaging public property with his supporters during an anti-encroachment drive in Khawaja colony earlier this month.
The drive was being carried out by the municipal corporation to remove encroachments on government land when Poonia raised objection and also pelted stones at the officials, police said.
He was produced in a local court where the Magistrate remanded him to one-day judicial custody.