Ladhubhai Parghi, a BJP leader and candidate for the Danta Assembly seat, and his son Rohit have been detained by Banaskantha police in connection with an extortion case.
In the most recent Assembly elections, Parghi lost to Congress candidate Kanti Kharadi.
Bhadubhai Taraal filed a criminal complaint against Parghi on Monday evening at the Hadad police station, alleging that they had taken his Bolero jeep by force. He was travelling in his Bolero jeep towards taluka headquarters Danta, when Ladhubhai and his son Rohit stopped him and demanded the keys to the vehicle.
Taraal has alleged, “Parghi said you have broken my Innova car and so you have to give me your Bolero jeep, till i don’t buy my vehicle. Though I resisted, Ladhubhai and his son snatched away the car key and forced me and my son, Anil out of the car. The father and son then took away my vehicle.”
Complainant’s wife is a BJP leader and president of the Danta Taluka Panchayat.