Raipur: The Raipur Police have arrested Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s father Nand Kumar Baghel from Delhi in a case registered against him for allegedly making derogatory remarks against a community, an official said on Tuesday.
After being brought from the national capital, Nand Kumar Baghel was produced in a local court which sent him to jail under judicial remand for 15 days, he said.
The Chief Minister had strongly disapproved of the objectionable remarks allegedly made by his 86-year-old father and asserted nobody is above law.
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“Nand Kumar Baghel was arrested and brought from Delhi to Raipur on Tuesday.”
Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police Tarkeshwar Patel said. He was produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Janak Kumar Hidko who sent him to 15-day judicial custody, he added.
According to police, the octogenarian did not apply for bail. The case against Nand Kumar Baghel was lodged on Saturday night at the DD Nagar police station in Raipur on a complaint filed by the ‘Sarv Brahmin Samaj’ against him. He was charged under Indian Penal Code Sections 153-A and 505(1)(b), police said.
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The outfit, in its complaint, alleged that the CM’s father recently made a controversial appeal to people to boycott Brahmins by terming them as ‘foreigners’, and asked people to not let them enter in their villages.
The organisation also accused Nand Kumar Baghel of asking people to ‘evict’ Brahmins from the country. The organisation had said a video of the purported comments of the CM’s father was available on social media platforms.
According to the police, Nand Kumar Baghel reportedly made the remarks while addressing an event in Uttar Pradesh recently. (Hydnow)
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