Chattisgarh Police arrested CM's father Nand Kumar Baghel on his alleged derogatory remark
New Delhi, September 7
The Raipur Police have arrested Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's father Nand Kumar Baghel from Delhi in a case registered against him for allegedly making derogatory remarks against a community.
The Raipur police said that Nand Kumar Baghel was arrested and brought from Delhi to Raipur. He was later produced in a local court.
The case against Nand Kumar Baghel was lodged on September 4 at the DD Nagar police station in Raipur on a complaint filed by the 'Sarv Brahmin Samaj' against him.
He was charged under Indian Penal Code Sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) and 505(1)(b) (with intent to cause, or likely to cause, fear or alarm to public, or to any section of public whereby any person may be induced to commit offence against the state or against public tranquility), police had said.
The outfit, in its complaint, alleged that the CM's father recently made a controversial appeal to people to boycott Brahmins by terming them as "foreigners", and asked people to not let them enter their villages.
According to the police, Nand Kumar Baghel reportedly made the remarks while addressing an event in Uttar Pradesh recently.
After controversy erupted over the alleged remarks of his father, the chief minister had said he was pained and asserted nobody was above law in his government and police will take appropriate action in the matter.
'The remarks made by my father Nand Kumar Baghel against a specific class have come to my attention. The comments have hurt the sentiments of the class as well as (affected) social harmony and I am also pained by it,' Bhupesh Baghel had said in a statement.
He said the Chhattisgarh government respects every religion, caste and community and their sentiments, and gives equal importance to everyone, the statement added.
