Gujarat Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava has been arrested on charges of attempt to murder after he allegedly attacked a taluka panchayat functionary at Dediapada in Narmada district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday during a meeting organised at the prant office under Vasava’s constituency Dediapada.Vasava was arrested late Saturday night.
During the meeting, Vasava got agitated after raising objection over his nominee not being considered for appointment as a member of the ‘Aapno Taluko Vibrant Taluko’ (ATVT), a local-level coordination committee, as per the FIR.
Vasava allegedly started abusing a woman president of Sagbara taluka panchayat. When Dediapda taluka panchayat president Sanjay Vasava, who was part of the meeting, objected, the MLA allegedly attacked him by hurling a mobile phone at him, causing injuries on his head, according to the complaint lodged by Sanjay.
The legislator also tried to attack the complainant with a glass, as per the FIR. However, as the glass broke, the MLA picked up the glass shards and approached towards Sanjay and threatened to kill him. The complainant somehow managed to escape, it said. The MLA damaged a chair kept in the office, the complaint alleged.
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