Cong leaders need not be afraid of ED if they are clean: BJP Rajasthan president Joshi
Jaipur (PTI): BJP Rajasthan president C P Joshi on Thursday took a swipe at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over his claim that central agencies were being misused, saying Congress leaders need not be afraid of the Enforcement Directorate if they are clean.
Earlier in the day, the ED raided the premises of state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and Omprakash Hudla, the party's candidate from the Mahua seat, as part of a money laundering probe into the exam paper leak case. It also summoned Vaibhav Gehlot for questioning in a case related to alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law.
Slamming the ED action, Gehlot accused the BJP of unleashing "terror" in the country and said the misuse of probe agencies was not justified.
Responding to the chief minister's allegation, Joshi asked, "Why are they afraid if they are not in the wrong?"
He said Congress leader Gopal Kesawat was arrested by the state's Anti-Corruption Bureau but the agency later removed the sections pertaining to corruption from the case.
Joshi said papers were leaked during the Congress rule and youths were betrayed.
"They (Congress leaders) have committed the sin of leaking papers and destroying the dreams of lakhs of youths. The youths are not getting justice," the BJP leader alleged.
He was speaking at a press conference at the party office here on the completion of a public outreach programme to gather suggestions from people regarding the party manifesto.
Joshi said that people have expressed confidence in the BJP and have given 1.03 crore suggestions.
He added that the campaign was launched earlier this month by party president J P Nadda, who flagged off 51 'raths' having suggestion boxes attached to them.
The BJP's convener of the manifesto committee Arjun Ram Meghwal said suggestion boxes have returned and the party's manifesto for the November 25 Rajasthan assembly polls will be prepared on the basis of the suggestions.
He said the party's office bearers and leaders have also given their suggestions for the manifesto.
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3 held, hunt on for 4 accomplices after they kidnap, assault and urinate on man in Bhopal
Bhopal (PTI): Police have registered a case against seven persons and arrested three of them for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting and urinating on a 22-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, officials said on Thursday.
The incident occurred during the intervening night of April 26 and 27 in an area located under the Hanumanganj police station limits, an official said.
One of the accused urinated on the face of the victim and captured a video of the act, which was later circulated on social media to humiliate him, he said.
"A complaint in this connection was lodged by Jaswant Markam (22), a resident of Kamla Nagar, based on which a case was registered against seven persons under sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and police have arrested three of them, including one Prem Thapa," Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said.
Three police teams have been formed and the remaining suspects will be apprehended soon, he said.
During the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, Markam was at the local bus stand with a friend when around 4 am, the accused took him away on the pretext of discussing something with him. They asked him about his neighbour and friend Aniket. When he refused to provide any information, they started assaulting him, the police said.
The accused then took him to a forest in Karond area, where he was stripped and severely thrashed, they said.
When the man began to lose consciousness, one of the accused urinated on his face and made a video of the act, which was circulated on social media to humiliate him and spread terror, according to the police.
The accused called Markam's friend around 5 am to inform him about his condition. The victim was subsequently admitted to a hospital, the officials said, adding that the viral video was also being investigated.
Responding to a query, Hanumanganj police station in-charge Awdhesh Bhadoria said if the victim was found to be from the tribal community, then relevant sections will be invoked against the accused.
At present, the police are probing the incident and search is on to arrest the remaining accused, he added.
In 2023, a man had urinated on a tribal youth in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. A video of the incident had gone viral on social media platforms and created a controversy.
