BJP meets Guv, demands CBI probe into attack on MLA's house

BJP has demanded a CBI probe into the attack on former Khanpur MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion's House in Roorkee.
Accusing ruling Congress leaders of instigating a mob to indulge in arson, BJP has submitted a memorandum to the Governor in this regard.
Champion is one of the nine MLAs who had rebelled against the Harish Rawat government, plunging the state into a political crisis. He has since joined the BJP.
A BJP delegation, led by the party's state unit chief Ajay
Bhatt, called on Governor Krishna Kant Paul here last evening.
In the memorandum submitted to the Governor, the delegation accused certain Congress leaders of provoking an angry mob to attack Champion's house and indulge in arson by torching vehicles parked there.

The BJP delegation alleged that the Chief Minister was "acting out of political vendetta to damage those who had revolted against him".

Citing a threat to opposition leaders' lives under the Rawat government, the delegation demanded strengthening the security of all the BJP leaders, including Champion, and dismissal of the government.
Thirty-two people, including 12 police personnel, were injured on Wednesday as an alleged forcible evacuation of a scrap dealer's shop and desecration of a religious book kept there by an uncle of Champion and his men sparked tension between two communities in Landhaura area of Roorkee.
The groups clashed with each other and allegedly indulged in arson at the former MLA's residence, prompting the police to intervene.

Thirteen persons have been arrested in connection with the incident, including Champion's uncle Rajkumar Krishna Singh and section 144 imposed in the area.