MP IPS body condemns BJP MLA's threat to officer after cops question his son in road accident case
Shivpuri (MP) (PTI): A controversy surrounding BJP MLA Pritam Lodhi, whose son is accused of injuring five people with his SUV, intensified after another purported video surfaced in which he threatened to fill the home of Sub-Divisional Officer of Police, Ayush Jakhar, with cow dung.
In the video, Lodhi allegedly warns that if Jakhar fails to explain within 15 days on whose directions he is taking action against his son, he will mobilise over 10,000 supporters to surround the officer’s residence and “fill it with cow dung.”
The MLA didn't respond to phone calls for reaction.
Taking serious note of the incident, the Madhya Pradesh IPS Officers Association has strongly objected to the alleged use of indecent and threatening language by the MLA who represents the Pichhore assembly seat. The association has demanded appropriate action from the state government.
The controversy stems from a road accident that occurred on April 16, in which Lodhi’s son, Dinesh Lodhi, is accused of hitting five people with his Thar jeep. According to reports, three young men and two women were injured. Following the incident, police registered a case and initiated an investigation.
Police registered a case against Dinesh Lodhi and summoned him to the Karera police station for questioning.
Karera Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDOP) Ayush Jakhar had said Dinesh Lodhi was questioned at the police station and taken to the accident spot as part of the investigation.
The IPS officer added that the black film on the vehicle was removed, and a challan was filed under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Pritam Lodhi had claimed Jakhar told his son not to be seen in Karera in the future.
In an earlier video circulating on social media, the MLA is purportedly heard telling Jakhar that Karera is not anyone's "daddy's property." He also purportedly said that his son will come to Karera and contest elections from there.
In the latest video, MLA Lodhi purportedly threatened Jakhar, saying the SDOP's bungalow will be surrounded by his more than 10,000 supporters who will "fill it with cow dung."
He purportedly issued a 15-day ultimatum to the police administration, asking Jakhar to explain on whose directions from Delhi he is taking action.
Another viral clip shows the MLA using offensive and challenging language against the SDOP, intensifying the debate on the conflict between the administration and politics.
The Madhya Pradesh IPS Officers' Association (MPIOA) has strongly objected to the use of indecent and threatening language against SDOP Jakhar.
"The comments made by Pichhore MLA Pritam Singh Lodhi are not only inappropriate toward a police officer but also contrary to the dignity of public life," according to a release issued by the MPIOA.
It stated that the vulgar, indecent, and threatening language used in the video broadcast in the media regarding Jakhar is highly condemnable.
The Association described this as contrary to democratic norms and stated that such conduct adversely affects the morale of the administrative system and all officers.
"Public representatives are expected to maintain restraint and decorum in their conduct and language. This type of threatening language cannot be tolerated in any democratic system," stated the Association president, Chanchal Shekhar.
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Delhi horror: IRS officer's daughter raped, murdered by former househelp
New Delhi (PTI): A 22-year-old IIT graduate and daughter of a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer was allegedly raped and murdered at her residence by their former househelp in southeast Delhi's upscale Kailash Hills locality on Wednesday morning, hours after he sexually assaulted another woman in Rajasthan's Alwar.
Rahul Meena, the 19-year-old domestic help who had worked with the family for around eight months and was sacked around a month ago, has been arrested for the crime, police said this evening.
The woman, who was preparing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, was alone in her house at the time of the incident and was found murdered in a room by her family members when they returned from the gym, they said.
Preliminary inquiry suggests the woman was sexually assaulted before being strangled to death using a mobile phone charger cable, the police said, adding they are waiting for the postmortem report for confirmation of sexual assault.
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The police also said they have detained two persons -- a car cleaner in the area, and a househelp in the neighbourhood -- for questioning.
A senior police officer said that the victim's parents would lock the house in the morning and leave the keys outside for their domestic help.
Meena was aware of the location of the keys and allegedly used them to enter the house on Wednesday. The accused was familiar with the household, including its layout and the daily routine of the family members.
He knew when the victim's parents would step out for their walk or gym sessions.
Meena, a native of Rajasthan, had been removed from his job around a month ago for alleged misappropriation of daily purchase bills, the officer said after preliminary investigation.
An official said that the victim was alone at the residence at the time of the incident, adding that the accused entered the house around 6 am, attacked the woman and sexually assaulted her. She was allegedly hit with a stick, inflicting significant blunt force trauma on her face and head.
Subsequently, the attacker strangled her using a mobile charging cable before fleeing the spot. The police also said there is no information about the verification of the accused when he was hired.
The sources said the victim put up a strong resistance, following which the accused struck her on the head with a stick to overpower her before strangling her with a charging cable.
The police suspect the crime was committed between 6 am and 7 am, a time likely chosen as two other domestic workers usually arrive later in the day.
A police source said that after the incident, the family members immediately checked CCTV footage and saw Meena entering their building and going to the third floor of the house belonging to the victim.
The family has already handed over the entire CCTV footage to the police.
The police said the suspect was also seen on a nearby street camera carrying a backpack.
They said Meena is also wanted in a sexual assault case in Rajasthan's Alwar.
"A case against the accused was registered on Wednesday. He committed the offence on April 21 with a woman in Rajgarh and fled from Alwar, around 170 km from here, to Delhi.
"An FIR has been registered at the Rajgarh Police Station against him. We are in contact with the Delhi Police, and a team of the Delhi Police has also visited here to question his family members," an officer in Alwar told PTI.
The police earlier said Meena, who was seen outside the house even a few days ago, was missing since the incident, and a manhunt has been launched to trace and apprehend him.
"We are examining all possible angles and gathering evidence," a senior police official said.
The police received information about the incident around 9 am from the victim's parents, who alleged that their former domestic help was involved in the killing of their daughter.
The police said that the woman had completed engineering and was preparing for the civil services examination.
"What we have got to know is that after committing the crime in Rajasthan, he fled from there and came to Delhi. He directly reached here in Kailash Hills. He knew the exact point where girls' parents would hide keys when they would step out for the gym.
"He entered the house when one of the security guards had gone either to attend nature's call or for tea. After committing the crime, he fled towards the jungle side. We are also investigating if the accused changed his clothes just before fleeing," a police officer privy to the investigation told PTI.
CCTV cameras were installed at the entrance of the victim's room, with the live feed accessible on both the victim's and her father's mobile phones, said the officer.
Earlier, the police said that it was suspected that the accused fled with the mobile phone of the victim. They said that more than 20 teams of different units and police stations were working on the case.
The brutal incident has sent shockwaves across the upscale residential locality. Locals expressed concern over safety and security in these neighbourhoods.
Greater Kailash MLA Shikha Roy said the victim was a bright and talented young woman with a promising future, and her death is a painful loss for the entire community.
"I have known her personally for several years and have seen her grow up as a sincere, disciplined and exceptionally talented girl. She was brilliant in her studies, had completed engineering from IIT Delhi, and was preparing for the UPSC examination with great determination.
"She was an equally good dancer and other cultural activities, and despite being deeply focused on her studies, she remained humble and connected with people around her," Roy said.
A case has been registered, and forensic teams have collected evidence from the crime scene.
Some recent cases involving househelps:
- A horrifying double murder rocked Delhi's Lajpat Nagar locality in 2025, where a mother and her 14-year-old son were found brutally murdered inside their home. Both victims had their throats slit by their domestic help.
- Delhi Police in 2024 filed a chargesheet in the case of a 63-year-old doctor's murder in his home in south Delhi's Jangpura. Police named three persons as accused. Among them was a domestic help. They were charged under sections of murder, robbery and criminal conspiracy.
- A 17-year-old domestic worker was apprehended and her associate was arrested by the Delhi Police for the murder-robbery of a 66-year-old woman in her house in Dwarka in 2023.
