MP man seeks action against collector for sending him to jail

A 61-year-old man has sought action against the collector of Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district for sending him to jail for allegedly "being drunk and creating ruckus" at a public function.

P K Purohit, a resident of Khurpa village here, was attending the "jan sunwai" programme of Narsinghpur Collector Abhay Verma on August 21 when he was arrested.

Purohit claimed today that he was at the function to apprise district authorities of the delay in building a proper approach road to his village.

"The collector told me that Public Works Department (PWD) officials would sort out this complaint. But I pointed out to him that PWD officials were not even present at the public hearing," Purohit told reporters today.

"As I was speaking, the collector told me that I talk a lot of nonsense and that he would send me to jail," Purohit alleged, adding that police then took him away and produced him before the sub divisional magistrate's court.

Amit Dangi, in charge of Kotwali police station, said, "We had received a complaint from the collector's office. So, the police presented Purohit in the SDM court under section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offences) of the CrPC. The SDM court sent him to jail."