Bhopal: A 65-year-old man was found dead just a few hours after he was thrashed allegedly by a ruling BJP functionary over suspicion of being a Muslim. The shocking incident occurred in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh.
Bhanwarlal Jain was the son of the sarpanch Pistabai Chhatar Jain in Sirsa village of neighbouring Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh. He was found dead at Rampura Road in Neemuch district on May 19.
Jain, who was mentally ill, had gone to Chittorgarh district of neighbouring Rajasthan with kin for offering prayers at a temple on May 15. He went missing on May 16. However, his body was found three days later at Rampura Road in the adjoining Neemuch district of native MP.
Meanwhile, a shocking video of a ruling BJP leader Dinesh Kushwah mercilessly thrashing Bhanwarlal Jain went viral on Friday evening.
The video shows the BJP leader thrashing Jain, asking him if his name is Mohammad suggesting that the mentally unstable elderly was thrashed by Kushwah on suspicion of being a Muslim. While thrashing him again Kushwah asked Jain to show his Aadhaar card.
According to sources, the Madhya Pradesh Police arrested Dinesh Kushwah in connection with the incident.
The accused BJP man Dinesh Kushwah himself reportedly uploaded the video in a Swacch Bharat named WhatsApp group from which it further got circulated to other social media groups.
