Rajasthan minister's son booked for statue violence in Nadbai town

JAIPUR: State tourism minister Vishvendra Singh's son Anirudh has been booked along with three others in connection with the violence in Bharatpur's Nadbai on Wednesday following a face-off between Dalits and Jats over the installation of an Ambedkar statue.
They were charged with rioting, unlawful assembly, disturbing public tranqulity, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, obstructing public servant in discharging their duties.
Singh is a scion of the erstwhile royal family of Bharatpur, once a Jat kingdom. The Jats want the statue of King Surajmal, the founder of Bharatpur, at the same site. Anirudh, at loggerheads with his father over family property disputes, accused his father of conspiring to implicate him. TNN
Anirudh, who is a supporter of Congress leader and former deputy CM Sachin Pilot, has often attacked the Gandhis and made overtures to BJP. Pilot is locked in a running feud with CM Ashok Gehlot.
"I went to the site (of the statue) and conducted a bhoomi poojan on Thursday. I have no role in the violence," Anirudh told TOI on Friday. Singh did not respond to calls to get his comments on the allegations by his son.
On Friday, he tweeted, "All managed by my father. Will contest legally in court." Anirudh, who posted the FIR on social media, said, "My father wants to get me imprisoned. How low can one stoop? Should I talk to police with photographic evidence of how violent he can get". He had earlier publicly accused his father of domestic violence against his mother and selling off the family silver.