Indore: A village-level BJP functionary allegedly beat up a toll employee on Indore-Ujjain road in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Monday. The fight was the result of a dispute over the toll amount, an official said.

"The incident took place last Saturday night. Accused Narendra Singh Pawar and his associate are absconding after a case was registered," a Banganga police station official said.

He said Pawar is a BJP worker and is the husband of the sarpanch of Merkhedi village. A video of the incident, showing Pawar enter the booth and beating up the toll staff, went viral on social media. 

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Tiruchirapalli (PTI): A campaign office of the actor Vijay-led TVK was allegedly torched by unidentified miscreants in Kamanayakkanpalayam village near Srirangam in the early hours of Friday, police said.

According to the police, the damage is minimal. Fire had engulfed the thatched roof providing shade at the entrance of the building that served as the party’s election office for the Srirangam constituency.

While on social media, a CCTV footage of two unidentified men fleeing on motorbike is being circulated as the culprits, police said the video footage is yet to be verified.

Based on a complaint lodged by TVK, the Pettaivaithalai Police have registered a case and initiated a search for the perpetrators.