BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, who thrashed civic official with bat, released from Indore jail

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, who was arrested on Wednesday for assaulting a civic official in Indore with a cricket bat, has been released from jail. Akash is son of senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya. He was grated bail by a special court on Saturday. Additional Sessions Judge Suresh Singh granted bail to Akash in two cases – assault and leading a protest without permission. The court asked him to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 50,000 in the assault case and Rs 20,000 in the other case. Earlier on Thursday, the Indore sessions court had refused to hear Akashs bail plea. The court had asked him to approach the special court set up in Bhopal to hear the cases against MPs and MLAs. Akash is an MLA from Indore III constituency. He was caught on camera thrashing a civic official with a cricket bat in full public view on Wednesday morning. He was arrested immediately by the police and produced in the district court. He was sent to 14 days of judicial custody. Indore: BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya who was granted bail by Bhopals Special Court yesterday,released from jail. He was arrested for thrashing a Municipal Corporation officer with a cricket bat on June 26. #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com\/AvPb1HsWhP Bayas colleague Asit Khare along with the Municipal Commissioner Ashish Singh have also filed complaints against the MLA. A case has been registered against him in section 353, 294, 506, 147, 148 of obstruction, assault and rioting and obstructing government work. When the civic officials reached to site to demolish the building, the residents informed the MLA. Akash then reached the site and threatened the officials to leave the area in five minutes or prepare for dire consequences.