Indore: Akash Vijayvargiya, an MLA from Indore and son of BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya who thrashed a civic official with a cricket bat here Wednesday morning was arrested and produced in the district court. The incident is a reminder of a BJD MLA of Odisha who was arrested after he forced an engineer to do sit-ups on the road.
Akash Vijayvargiya beat the municipal corporation zonal officer Dhirendra Bayas with a cricket bat. Bayas’ colleague Asit Khare and Municipal Commissioner Ashish Singh have filed complaints against the MLA. A case has been registered against him under section 353, 294, 506, 147, 148 of obstruction, assault and rioting and obstructing government work. Akash was presented in the court of Magistrate Gaurav Garg.
The MLA was put through a medical test at the government hospital before arrest. His supporters created noisy scenes before court. Eyewitnesses said a team of the municipal corporation officials had reached the Ganji Compound to pull down some dilapidated houses declared dangerous by the civic body.