A local BJP leader was arrested for allegedly assaulting a government official in Madhya Pradesh's Satna today, two days after party legislator Akash Vijayvargiya sparked outrage by thrashing a civic body official in Indore.
Satna Nagar panchayat chief municipal officer Devratna Soni was seriously injured after he was allegedly beaten up by panchayat president Ram Sushil Patel and his supporters with sticks outside the village council office. However, Ram Sushil Patel has filed a counter-complaint alleging that he was beaten by Devratna Soni on the directive of a Congress leader.