New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who had staged a sit-in protest over the death of a party worker during the state election on November 17, called off his agitation on Sunday, news agency PTI reported. Speaking to the media, Singh said an FIR has been registered against 20 people but none has been arrested yet. "By now, at least one person should have been arrested or a vehicle or two seized. Had it been anyone else, bulldozers would have been used by now (to demolish the accused's property as has been done in a few cases by the MP government in the recent past)," PTI quoted Singh as saying.
A Congress worker, identified as Salman Khan, died after he was run over by a car during a clash with BJP workers in Rajnagar constituency.
The police have also registered a murder case against BJP candidate from the seat, Arvind Pateria.
The senior Congress leader further said that although the BJP wants the case against Pateria be withdrawn, it will not be allowed to happen.
Meanwhile, state BJP president VD Sharma filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and alleged that Salman Khan was killed by Congress candidate Vikram Singh Nati Raja to influence the polls.
A BJP delegation led by Shamra submitted a complaint with the ECI in this regard.
In its complaint, the saffron party accused Khajuraho police station in-charge Sandeep Khare and Chhatarpur Superintendent of Police Amit Sangh of bias and alleged that they were working to help Congress’s Vikram Singh Nati Raja.
He further claimed that under pressure from the Congress, police booked 35 persons, including 20 BJP workers, for murder without any probe.
VD Sharma also questioned how the Congress was allowed to stage a protest when the Model Code of Conduct was still in force.