Minister files police complaint against Pragya

April 20, 2019 19:14

Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Tarun Bhanot on Saturday lodged a police complaint seeking action against Bharatiya Janata Party's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur for her remarks against former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare.

Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, had earlier claimed Karkare died in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks as she had 'cursed' him for 'torturing' her.

Bhanot said he had filed the case with the city's Gorakhpur police station as a private citizen and not in the capacity of a state minister.

"I as a citizen filed a complaint with the city police demanding action against BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh for making derogatory remarks against Hemant Karkare," Bhanot told PTI in Jabalpur.

"I am hurt with her remarks against a martyr and filed the complaint as a citizen and not a minister. I am seeking action as per law against her," he added. -- PTI

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