Congress MLA booked for slapping traffic cop in Gujarat

TNN | Updated: Apr 23, 2020, 09:05 IST

Grab from video of the incident

PALANPUR: Congress MLA from Sidhpur in Patan, Chandansinh Thakor was booked for violation of lockdown order, assaulting and abusing a traffic brigade jawan in Bechraji town of Mehsana district on Wednesday.
The incident took place when the traffic brigade jawan Jitendra Rawal stopped Thakor’s SUV near Shakti circle in Bechraji. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.
According to Rawal’s complaint, when he asked Thakor, who was in the SUV, the reason for moving in the temple town where there is lockdown in force, MLA got angry.
The MLA and his son abused the jawan and later allegedly slapped him, the police said. A crowd had gathered when the jawan and MLA were engaged in heated arguments. Later, after interventions of some cops and locals, the matter was sorted out
Based on Rawal’s complaint, the police booked Thakor under sections 332,188, 504, 506(b) of IPC and under Disaster Management Act, 2005. Police inspector GS Patel of Bechraji police station is probing the case.