Indore: Akash Vijayvargiya, MLA from Indore was accorded a “hero’s welcome” by his supporters after his release from the jail on bail on Sunday, June 30 morning. There was celebratory firing in the air.
It can be recalled that the BJP legislator was arrested after he thrashed a municipal official with a bat last week.
Upon his release from jail. his father, Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJP general secretary, went to receive him as supporters garlanded him and took him back home in a huge procession.
After getting bail on Saturday from the Special Court of Bhopal, the MLA, Akash Vijayvargiya was released from jail earlier on Sunday.
As per a report by news agency ANI, sweets were distributed outside the BJP MLA’s residence in Indore.
Madhya Pradesh: Sweets distributed to Police personnel outside BJP MLA Akash Vijaywargiya’s residence in Indore. Vijayvargiya was released from jail earlier today after being granted bail in an assault case. pic.twitter.com/e4uBUA8ra0
— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2019
Speaking to reporters, he said that he is not “guilty or embarrassed” about what he did as “it was in public interest”.
He added, “I pray to God that I am not given another opportunity to pick up the bat (I pray to god ki vo dobara ballebazi karne ka avsar na de).”
With inputs from IANS and ANI
