India, April 8 -- Sanal Edamaruku, a well-known Indian activist living in exile in Finland, was recently arrested in Poland on the basis of a notice issued by Indian authorities, Finnish media site Yle reported, citing local news agency.

According to Edamaruku's Rationalist International organisation, the secular activist was arrested at Warsaw's Modlin Airport on March 28. He was scheduled to address a human rights conference there.

The Finnish ministry for foreign affairs also confirmed to local news agency that it was aware of his arrest.

Sanal Edamaruku is wanted in India on blasphemy charges due to which he has been living in self-imposed exile in Finland since 2012. The Rationalist International said that the Indian government ha...