Indore, Jul 9 (PTI) Police here on Thursday arrested two men and seized about 11 grams of brown sugar besides detaining two others including Nana Patwari, the younger brother of Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari, in connection with the case.
The Congress leader claimed that it was a false case and accused of the ruling BJP of doing vendetta politics.
The arrested men allegedly told police that they were going to deliver the drug to Nana Patwari and another person, an official said.
“The Rajendra Nagar police arrested Irfan Khan alias Golu Chanderi and Sanjay Kaushal alias Ronnie Bhai…. 10.8 grams of brown sugar was recovered from their possession and an SUV was seized,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Narendra Rawat.
A First Information Report was registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
During the preliminary interrogation, the two accused told police that they were going to deliver the brown sugar to Nana alias Kulbhushan Patwari and Manav Gangwani, the DCP claimed.
“Nana and Gangwani have been detained and are being interrogated,” he added.
Nana Patwari already has nine criminal cases registered against him, and police were probing the criminal record of the other accused, the official said.
Jitu Patwari claimed that his brother was detained in a false case, and accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of pursuing political vendetta.
In a statement addressed to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Patwari said that by detaining his brother without prior notice, the Indore police had sent a political message that the BJP was now taking “revenge” and anyone who spoke out against the government or the Chief Minister would be subjected to the “law” to suppress it.
“I knew that false legal action would be taken against me and my family due to the government’s personal malice,” said the state Congress chief.
Congress would neither fear nor bow down to this politics of legal pressure and influence, he said, adding, “Instead, we will fight the battle on the ground with even greater strength.” Congress Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha said on X that he learnt from Jitu Patwari that the Indore police had suddenly apprehended his younger brother without reporting any crime, and his family was not even informed about his whereabouts.
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