MP: Rs 10k reward announced for info on BJP MLA's son accused of shooting at, injuring tribal
Cops to move HC to cancel earlier bail
Singrauli (MP), Aug 5: A cash reward of Rs 10,000 has been announced for information leading to the arrest of a BJP MLA's son accused of shooting and injuring a tribal in Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh two days earlier and absconding, a police official said on Saturday.
Vivekanand Vaishya (40), son of Singrauli MLA Ram Lallu Vaishya, had allegedly fired on and injured tribal Surya Kumar Khairwar on Thursday evening under Morbi police station limits, the official said.
"A reward of Rs 10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the accused was announced on Friday evening. We will also petition the MP High Court on Monday to get his bail (in a firing incident of July 20 last year) cancelled," Singrauli Superintendent of Police Yusuf Qureshi told PTI.
In July 20 last year, Vivekanand Vaishya had allegedly assaulted forest guard Sanjeev Shukla and fired to intimidate him, as per police.
Vaishya absconded soon after before surrendering at the local court in February this year. He then spent more than 40 days in hospitals in Singrauli, Rewa and Jabalpur during his judicial custody period and later got bail from the HC, police said.
In the Thursday incident, he has been charged with attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and other offences under Indian Penal Code and Arms Act provisions as well as the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the official said.
On Thursday, he allegedly entered into an argument with a group of persons on a narrow road near Budhi Mai Mata Temple, some 25 kilometres from the district headquarters, and then fired at and injured Khairwar when he joined the altercation, police said.
Khairwar, who sustained a bullet injury on his right wrist, is recuperating in the district hospital here.
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BJP workers protest Bengaluru event on Umar Khalid, taken into preventive custody
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP workers, led by former Bengaluru Mayor M Gautham Kumar, staged a protest outside the heavily fortified BIC in the city on Tuesday ahead of an event.
The editors of the book “Umar Khalid and His World” have planned a reading of excerpts from the book at the venue, followed by a discussion involving several “historians and intellectuals”.
The BJP activists raised slogans demanding the cancellation of the event. They attempted to enter the venue by breaking through the barricades put up by the police.
Police personnel deployed at the spot took the BJP workers into preventive custody.
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The party had on Monday petitioned Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh seeking cancellation of the event organised in support of activist Umar Khalid.
A delegation of BJP leaders led by Bengaluru Central MP P C Mohan met the commissioner and submitted a memorandum in this regard.
Khalid is currently in jail in connection with allegations of conspiracy in the 2020 Delhi riots.
In a post on ‘X’ earlier in the day, the Karnataka BJP alleged that while courts are still hearing cases related to anti-national activities, the Congress-backed ecosystem is busy glorifying individuals who aim to divide Bharat.
“Why is Bengaluru being turned into a hub for celebrating such elements? Is this the ‘cultural contribution’ the Siddaramaiah government wants to promote? Our city is a land of innovators and patriots, not a playground for the ‘Tukde Tukde’ (divisive) narrative,” it alleged.
The Supreme Court on April 20 dismissed Khalid’s plea seeking review of a verdict denying him bail, observing that there are reasonable grounds to believe the allegations against him in connection with the conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots.
The court had earlier said there was a prima facie case against Khalid and Sharjeel Imam (another accused) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), noting that prosecution material suggests their involvement in the “planning, mobilisation, and strategic direction” of the riots.
The February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi broke out during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), leaving 53 people dead and more than 700 injured.
