BJP leader booked for abusing woman officer

Chhattisgarh police have booked a BJP youth wing leader on charges of using obscene words on a WhatsApp group against newly appointed Raigarh district collector Shammi Abidi. Prakash Agarwal, vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) of Raigarh, allegedly sent the offensive text on Sunday when Abdi was in Jagdalpur district. Abdi, an IAS officer, is married to Jagdalpur superintendent of police (SP) Arif Sheikh, an IPS officer. “The WhatsApp group’s administrator, a journalist, lodged a complaint and we registered the case on Monday,” said RK Mishra, station house officer of Sarangarh police station in Raigarh. “We have launched a hunt for the accused, who is from Sarangarh.” Agarwal’s brother, Amit, is president of the Sarangrah nagar panchayat from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).