Another BJP Leader Thrashes Civic Officer in MP, Gets Arrested

This comes just two days after BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya was arrested for assaulting an official with cricket bat.

BJP Panchayat President Sushil Patel has been sent to judicial custody.

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BJP leader Sushil Patel and his supporters allegedly attacked the chief municipal officer of a civic body in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday, 28 June, leaving him seriously injured.

This comes just two days after a party MLA Akash Vijayvargiya was arrested for assaulting an official with a cricket bat.

Satna Nagar Panchayat president Sushil Patel and his supporters allegedly attacked the civic body’s chief municipal officer Devratna Soni and a few corporators, police said.

However, Patel alleged that it was Soni who attacked him on the instruction of a Congress leader.

Both sides filed cases of assault against each other, the police said. Amarpatan Court in Madhya Pradesh has rejected Patel's bail application, and he has been sent to judicial custody.

CCTV footage of the incident was being examined and the guilty will face action according to law, said district superintendent of police Riyaz Iqbal.

According to police sources, Patel reached the Nagar Panchayat's office with more than six persons and attacked the officer and a few corporators with sticks.

A profusely bleeding Soni was first taken to Ramnagar Primary Health Centre and then to the district hospital, and his condition was stated to be serious, the sources said.

According to sources in the Panchayat, Patel had threatened to beat up Soni at a meeting on Thursday, 27 June.