MLA's Son wins cooperative bank vice-chairmanship despite facing charges of assaulting dalit leader
Rajkot: Jyotiradityasinh Jadeja, son of BJP MLA Geetaba Jadeja, was elected as the vice-chairman of Gondal Nagrik Sahakari Bank (GNSB) in Rajkot on Thursday. This election victory comes even as he remains embroiled in a legal case concerning the alleged assault and kidnapping of a Dalit leader.
The Gujarat High Court granted him bail in the case involving the assault of Sanjay Solanki, president of the Junagadh city unit of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), hours after his election. According to the FIR filed at “A” Division police station in Junagadh, Jyotiradityasinh Jadeja, along with 10 others, allegedly assaulted Solanki in May this year after the NSUI leader asked them to drive carefully in Junagadh’s Kalva Chowk area.
The FIR further alleges that Solanki was kidnapped, taken to Gondal, and threatened with a firearm before being dropped back in Junagadh. Ganesh and the other accused have been charged with attempt-to-murder, kidnapping, and under various provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Ganesh was arrested on June 5 and has been in judicial custody at Junagadh district jail since.
Despite being in jail, the 25-year-old contested the cooperative bank elections and was declared the winner on September 16. The newly elected board members met on Thursday to select the chairman, vice-chairman, and managing director of GNSB. Ganesh secured the vice-chairmanship uncontested, along with Ashok Pipaliya as chairman and Govind Parmar as managing director.
Ganesh’s bail conditions include a prohibition from entering the limits of Junagadh district for six months from the date of his release. His advocate, PB Khandheria, stated that the court order would be received on Friday, and they would then seek his release.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Delhi: Boy stabbed to death over 'controversial' social media comments, 2 juveniles held
New Delhi (PTI): A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death at Ramleela ground in northwest Delhi for allegedly making social media comments that police described as "controversial", an official said on Wednesday.
According to the police, the assailants, also minors, attacked him with a knife, inflicting multiple stab wounds.
"A PCR call was received in the Shalimar Bagh Police Station regarding an injured boy lying in Ramleela ground. The police team reached the spot and found him with multiple stab wounds," a police officer said.
He was working as a labourer in a banquet hall for the last two days, the officer said. An FIR was registered and the police apprehended two juveniles in the case.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the deceased was stabbed due to an ongoing enmity, the officer said.
During questioning, the accused told the police that the victim had made "controversial comments" against them on social media. Following which, they intercepted him at Ramleela ground and stabbed him. He died on the spot, officer said.
"We have recovered a dagger and the victim's mobile phone. Further investigation in the case is underway," he added.
