Police have registered a case towards a pacesetter of the ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh for assaulting an worker of a authorities hospital in Bilaspur district. an officer gave this data on Wednesday.
He stated {that a} case has been registered towards former secretary of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) Pankaj Singh at Kotwali police station right here on Tuesday.
The chief is alleged to be near state well being minister TS Singh Deo.
Congress MLA Shailesh Pandey termed the motion a “political conspiracy” and claimed that the chief was being implicated for his proximity to Singh Deo.
According to the police, the alleged assault befell on September 18 on the Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) hospital right here.
“On September 18, Singh had reached the hospital on the decision of a affected person who had come to the hospital for an MRI check. Singh had an argument with Tulachand Tande, technician of the radiology division of the hospital and allegedly assaulted and abused him.
He stated that later Tande lodged a criticism on this regard and the case was registered after inspecting the CCTV footage and recording the statements of the witnesses.
Singh was charged underneath IPC sections 186 (obstructing a public servant within the discharge of his public features) and 353 (assault or prison pressure to forestall public servant from discharging his responsibility) and sections of the Chhattisgarh Medical Service Persons and Medical Service Institutions. A case was registered underneath 3. The SP stated that the Violence and Damage or Loss of Property Act-2010.
Singh is but to be arrested and investigation is on within the matter, Jha stated, including that additional motion can be taken accordingly.
Meanwhile, Pandey, representing the Bilaspur meeting constituency, together with Singh and his supporters reached the Kotwali police station on Wednesday, the place they raised slogans towards the police for registering an FIR.
Pandey, who is taken into account a staunch supporter of Singh Deo, whereas speaking to reporters, accused the police of registering the case on the directions of upper officers.
Describing the motion as a political conspiracy, he stated, “According to the police, the action was taken on the instructions of higher officials, but they are not able to tell from whom they got the order.” We are being harassed as a result of we’re near Singh Dev?” Last year, I was booked by the police when I was distributing ration to the poor during the coronavirus-induced lockdown. “
State Congress communications wing chief Shailesh Nitin Trivedi stated the difficulty was utterly apolitical because the case was registered after receiving a criticism towards Singh.
“There is rule of legislation in Chhattisgarh and everyone seems to be equal earlier than the legislation. Even the chief minister’s father was arrested by the police (for allegedly making objectionable statements towards a specific neighborhood).
The FIR might additional intensify the alleged tussle between Singh Deo and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel within the camps.
The two prime leaders are at a stand-off with calls for for a change of management, citing an alleged power-sharing pact on altering the chief minister’s publish after the get together got here to energy within the 2018 meeting elections.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
