Jhansi: A passenger travelling in the executive coach of Vande Bharat Express going from Delhi to Bhopal was beaten up by half a dozen people at Jhansi railway station. The passenger was left bleeding in this assault. He alleged that this assault was done at the behest of BJP MLA Rajiv Singh Paricha. Because, the victim did not exchange seats as per the MLA’s instructions. Enraged by this, the MLA called his henchmen and got him beaten up.
Let us tell you that Rajiv Singh Paricha is a BJP MLA from Babina seat of Jhansi. On the day of the incident, he was also travelling in Vande Bharat Express. His wife and son were also with him. According to the allegations, the MLA wanted to sit on a passenger’s seat, and was asking him to go to his seat. When the passenger refused, both of them got into an argument. After which the MLA called his associates on the spot and got the passenger beaten up.
In this case, GRP, RPF and railway officials accepted the incident but refused to say anything in front of the camera. Meanwhile, Babina MLA Rajiv Singh said that he will put his side in writing. For now, a case has been registered in Jhansi GRP.
Know the whole matter and what the MLA said in his clarification
Babina MLA of Jhansi Rajiv Singh Paricha was travelling from Delhi to Jhansi with his wife and son in train number- 20172 Vande Bharat Express. Seat number in the coach was 8 for Rajiv Singh Paricha, seat number for wife Kamli Singh was 50 and seat number for son Shreyansh Singh was 51. It is alleged that when the train reached Jhansi railway station, half a dozen people entered inside and beat up a passenger named Raj Prakash who was travelling on seat number- 49 of the same coach. Before anyone could do anything, the train left for Bhopal due to signal.
MP Congress’ allegations
Meanwhile, in Madhya Pradesh, former Pawai MLA Mukesh Nayak and former minister Ramniwas Rawat, while complaining on ‘X’, accused supporters of Babina MLA Rajiv Singh Paricha of assaulting passenger Raj Prakash. While making allegations, they raised many questions on the security arrangements for passengers.
Former MLA Mukesh Nayak wrote on X – When an elderly passenger refused to exchange seat number 49 in Vande Bharat train, supporters of Babina BJP MLA Rajiv Singh beat him up at Jhansi station. Blood came out of his nose. So this is the reality of good governance.
While, former minister Ram Niwas Rawat wrote – In Vande Bharat (20172 Delhi to Bhopal), 7/8 people from outside beat up a person in Executive Class (E-2) in front of passengers of the entire coach. The injured person started bleeding from nose, mouth, ears. Some police personnel were also supporting these people. If this is the condition in a train like Vande Bharat, then what will be the condition of passengers in ordinary trains. Such incidents serve to scare the passengers.
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