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<\/div>\nThe victim, however, dismissed the viral video as fake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Pravesh Shukla, who was caught on camera urinating on another man in Madhya Pradesh, was arrested late last night, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a viral video, Shukla was seen in an inebriated state, smoking a cigarette while urinating on a tribal man sitting on the ground. The video triggered a political row in the state, prompting Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to order a case under the stringent National Security Act against him.<\/p>\n
According to the police, Shukla, who kept hopping from one place to another trying to avoid an arrest, was caught at 2 am and placed under interrogation. A case has been registered against him under the National Security Act, SC\/ST Act, and other sections of the Indian Penal Code. As part of the investigation, Shukla’s wife and parents were also questioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe victim, 36-year-old Dasmat Ravat from Karaundi, when brought in for questioning by the police dismissed the viral video as fake.<\/p>\n
Mr Ravat had prepared an affidavit stating that the video is fake and was created to frame Shukla in a false case. However, sources say that the affidavit was allegedly prepared under duress and has not yet been submitted to any authorities.<\/p>\n
Shukla’s alleged links with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have further emboldened the opposition Congress who claimed that the shocking incident is a symptom of a wider problem of violence against tribal people in Madhya Pradesh.<\/p>\n
“A video of atrocity of (a man) urinating on a tribal youth from Sidhi district of the state has surfaced. There is no place for such a heinous act with the youth of the tribal community in civilised society,” said former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath.<\/p>\n
“This incident has put entire Madhya Pradesh to shame….strictest punishment should be given to the guilty person and atrocities on tribals in Madhya Pradesh should be stopped,” he added.<\/p>\n
Photos of the accused with BJP MLA from Sidhi Kedarnath Shukla and Rajendra Shukla, a BJP MLA from Rewa, have surfaced on social media, however, the party categorically denied any association with him.<\/p>\n
“I know him because he is from my constituency, but he is not my representative or a BJP worker,” said Kedarnath Shukla.
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