Kailash Vijayvargiya's son Akash Vijayvargiya acquitted in 2019 case of assaulting Indore civic officer with cricket bat

Akash Vijayvargiya

Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya's son and former BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya has been acquitted by a special court in a case which dates back to 2019 when he allegedly thrashed an official of Indore Municipal Corporation with a cricket bat.

Besides Aakash Vijayvargiya, an MLA of the BJP, which was then in opposition, nine other accused in the case were also acquitted of various charges by the special court set up for trial of criminal matters involving MPs/MLAs, a defence lawyer was quoted by news agency PTI.

"The prosecution could not prove the charges in the case in the court. Due to this, the court acquitted Vijayvargiya and nine others," defence lawyer Udaypratap Singh Kushwah told reporters.

"Another accused in the case was murdered (during pendency of the trial)," he said.

Kushwah said the authenticity of the alleged video of the incident could not be proved in the court and the complainant officer of the municipal corporation, Dhirendra Singh Bayas, and other witnesses did not clearly support the prosecution theory.

A case was registered against then-BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya and 10 others for allegedly beating up municipal building inspector Bayas with a cricket bat on June 26, 2019.