Cong. MLA accused of beating up engineer

By Our Special Correspondent

GANDHINAGAR, JULY 10. After the BJP, it is now the turn of the Congress(I) member of the Gujarat Assembly to show their power to the world. A police complaint has been lodged against a Congress(I) MLA for allegedly beating up an engineer in the State irrigation department.

Police, however, could not make any arrest so far. In addition to caution since the complaint was against a political leader, police were also not getting any eye-witness to testify against the MLA because the people of the village was with him.

According to an information available here today, the incident took place near Mordunga village in Godhra taluka of the Panchamahals district on Friday. The Congress(I) MLA, Mr. Rajendra Patel, reportedly beat up the engineer because he had given an adverse report against his recommendation for a check dam near the Mordunga village.

The local villagers and the sarpanch wanted the checkdam but the engineer thought that it could flood the Godhra- Nada highway and the proposal was shot down.

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