Raigarh Apr 19 PTI The son of a Congress MLA was among six persons arrested on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a policeman and a truck driver at a police station in Chhattisgarhs Raigarh district an official said Ritik Nayak 24 the son of Congress MLA from Raigarh Prakash Nayak and five others were arrested in connection with the incident that took place on April 15 he said The court of Judicial Magistrate First Class JMFC Gulapan Ram Yadav rejected the bail plea of the arrested accused and sent them to 14 days judicial custody the official said Besides Ritik Nayak the police have arrested his aides Suyash Rai Upendra Dadsena Tarun Patel Raj Patel and Sameer Patel he said A dispute broke out between the truck driver Mulayam Yadav and Ritik and his associates at Kotraroad bypass on April 15 Subsequently Yadav fled the spot and reached the police station following which Ritik and his aides followed him there Ritik and his aides allegedly abused and thrashed Yadav and constable L S Rathiya who was on duty at the police station and threatened them with dire consequences Following the complaint lodged by the constable and the driver the police have registered the FIR under sections 186 obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions 294 obscene acts 332 voluntarily causing hurt 34 common intention and 506 criminal intimidation of the IPC PTI COR ARU ARU

Srinagar Feb 21 PTI A court in Jammu and Kashmirs Anantnag district has directed police to investigate allegations of sexual exploitation and blackmailing levelled by some women against two people including a BJP leader officials said here MondayThe court of Judicial Magistrate First Class has directed police in Kokernag area of the district to register a case and investigate the allegations of sexual exploitation against BJP leader Mohammad Sidiq Khan and Shahid Bhat they saidThe court order said the complainants have apprehension that the accused persons are highly influential and may hamper or tamper with witnesses of the complainantsIt asked the present dispensation to do justice with regard to the alleged atrocities and condemnable acts committed by the accusedMeanwhile a BJP spokesman said the party would not become a hurdle in police investigation but extended support to Khan saying we believe our leader is cleanLet police probe and get to the root of the allegations levelled against BJP leader Muhammmad Sidiq Khan about sexual exploitation However we beleive our leader is clean and as a responsible party leader he wont indulge anything that would defame the party BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur said in a statement PTI MIJ ANB ANB

Raipur Dec 31 PTI Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj arrested over alleged derogatory remarks about Mahatma Gandhi was on Friday sent in judicial custody by a court in Chhattisgarhs Raipur districtThe police produced him in the court a day ahead of the expiry of his police remand saying they had questioned him and did not need his further custodyAfter his arrest from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh on Thursday early morning by Raipur police the Raipur court had sent him in police custody for two daysHe was scheduled to be produced again on Saturday But police completed the questioning and presented him before Judicial Magistrate First Class Chetna Thakur on Friday and requested that he be sent in judicial custody said District Prosecution Officer Hina Yasmin KhanThe court sent him in judicial remand till January 13 she told PTIAfter his alleged remarks about the Mahatma went viral and drew widespread condemnation Raipur police on Thursday apprehended Kalicharan Maharaj alias Abhijeet Dhananjay Saraag from near Bageshwar Dham about 25 km from Khajuraho town in Madhya PradeshBefore that on Sunday an FIR was registered against him at Tikrapara police station here under IPC sections 505 2 statements creating or promoting enmity hatred or ill-will between classes and 294 obscene acts Later police added section 124 A sedition tooHis arrest had led to a row between the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh and the Congress government in Chhattisgarh The MP government claimed that its police were not intimated about the actionOn Sunday evening at the end of a two-day dharma sansad religion parliament held in Raipur Kalicharan Maharaj had allegedly used abusive words against Mahatma Gandhi PTI TKP KRK KRK