India BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya’s son hits Indore municipal officer with cricket bat

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya’s son hits Indore municipal officer with cricket bat

Akash Vijayvargiya, who is also an MLA, was part of a protest by locals against the Indore Municipal Corporation's derive to demolish the building.

PTI Updated: 26 June, 2019 4:54 pm IST

Akhash — BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya | Twitter | ANI

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Indore: Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya Wednesday assaulted a municipal officer with a cricket bat when a team of the civic body went to the city’s Ganji area to raze a dilapidated building.

Akash, son of party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, was part of a protest by locals against the Indore Municipal Corporation’s derive to demolish the building. He even “warned” officials against going ahead with the demolition, following which the incident happened.

A video of the incident has gone viral.

#WATCH Madhya Pradesh: Akash Vijayvargiya, BJP MLA and son of senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, thrashes a Municipal Corporation officer with a cricket bat, in Indore. The officers were in the area for an anti-encroachment drive. pic.twitter.com/AG4MfP6xu0

— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2019

No immediate comment was available from Akash. He is an MLA from the Indore-3 Assembly segment.

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