BJP chief Amit Shah has sought a report from the party's Madhya Pradesh unit after the son of senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya thrashed a municipal official in Indore with a cricket bat, an incident that was shared widely on social media.
Senior leaders in the BJP at the centre want to know the exact sequence of events, sources said, adding the party will take a call on what to do with the son of the party leader after "studying all the facts of the case". The incident is hurting the party's image, they said.
Akash Vijayvargiya, a first-time BJP legislator who represents the assembly seat of Indore-3, was seen in a video charging at a municipal official with a cricket bat on Wednesday. The official was part of a team that was on an anti-encroachment drive in the city when they were approached by Akash Vijayvargiya and his supporters. "You should leave within five minutes or else whatever happens after that will be your responsibility," Mr Vijayvargiya told the officers.