Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar names 12 in FIR for party office vandalisation

Following Rahul Gandhi’s first speech as the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, a mob vandalised the Gujarat Pradesh Congress office in Ahmedabad’s Paldi area. In response, the party’s MLA, Shailesh Parmar, has filed a police complaint against 12 individuals.

On July 2, workers of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal protested at the Congress office.

A mob of 20 to 25 people vandalised the Congress office and smeared black ink on Gandhi’s posters. Subsequently, in the afternoon, clashes occurred between BJP and Congress workers, resulting in injuries to several police officers.

In connection with this incident, MLA Parmar has filed a complaint against Jwalit Mehta, Ritvik Shah, Chintan Lodha, and nine others.

The police have registered the case and initiated further investigation.

Previously, the Ellisbridge police registered two different complaints – the BJP Yuva Morcha president Vinay Desai registered a complaint against the opposition’s Shehzad Pathan, Pragati Ahir, Jinal Shah, and 26 other workers, and the mob, including 200 people.

The second complaint was registered for the violent attack on the police personnel.

Notably, the police are alleged to have not registered the complaint filed by the Congress against BJP workers. Moreover, Congress workers were the only ones named in the official complaint regarding the attack on police officers.