Cong councillor, 4 booked for thrashing own party worker

  • | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

Hence we called him to discuss the issue after which he levelled false allegations,” Kumbhani claimed. “It seems that it is an attempt by BJP workers to defame due to political rivalry. They do so to extort money by threatening to share personal information from those pages.”“He was harassing my friend Dharmesh Khichadiya by creating his Facebook page and making some objectionable comments. I have nothing to do with the issue, but some of my rivals are trying to drag my name,” he claimed.Police said that they will question the accused once Padsala’s detailed statement is recorded. The victim also alleged that the accused made his confession video asking to to say that the FB comment was made at the direction Ashok Jirawala, the Congress municipal councillor from ward 3 – Varachha.When questioned about the complaint, Kumbhani said, “Padsala is part of a gang that creates fake Facebook pages of different people and make abusive comments using the platform.

Surat: Congress municipal councillor and his four associates were booked by the Sarthana police on Thursday for allegedly thrashing their party worker in a farm house in Yogi Chowk area.Victim Ankit Padsala, 22, who owns an ice cream shop in Puna, lodged a complaint naming ward 15 councillor Nilesh Kumbhani and his friends Dharmesh Khichadiya, Bhautik Koldiya, Ashok Godani and Nitin Jiyani.Padsala, who suffered a fracture in the hand after being thrashed with baseball bat, alleged that he was beaten up for his Facebook post which Kumbhani found objectionable.Padsala alleged that Kumbhani called him to Sardar Farm at Yogi Chowk on Tuesday night and was forced to confess making a comment on a fake Facebook page of one of the accused. The victim also alleged that the accused made his confession video asking to to say that the FB comment was made at the direction Ashok Jirawala, the Congress municipal councillor from ward 3 – Varachha.When questioned about the complaint, Kumbhani said, “Padsala is part of a gang that creates fake Facebook pages of different people and make abusive comments using the platform. They do so to extort money by threatening to share personal information from those pages.”“He was harassing my friend Dharmesh Khichadiya by creating his Facebook page and making some objectionable comments. Hence we called him to discuss the issue after which he levelled false allegations,” Kumbhani claimed. He claimed that he has CCTV footages of the incident and is going to make representation to senior police officials regarding the issue.Kumbhani claimed that he did not lodge a police complaint against those involved in the harassment through Facebook as he was trying to find out the facts on his own.On the other hand, Jirawala claimed that his name is being unnecessarily dragged in the issue. “It seems that it is an attempt by BJP workers to defame due to political rivalry. I have nothing to do with the issue, but some of my rivals are trying to drag my name,” he claimed.Police said that they will question the accused once Padsala’s detailed statement is recorded.

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