The police on Monday arrested the son of Uma Devi Khatik, BJP MLA, for allegedly threatening to kill Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on a social media post, an official said.
Princedeep, 19, used objectionable language against Mr. Scindia, who represents the Guna Lok Sabha constituency, and threatened to shoot him if he visited Hatta, said Hatta police station in-charge Dharmendra Singh.
Mr. Scindia is scheduled to visit Damoh district on Wednesday.
“The FIR was lodged by Congress leaders after they came across the post allegedly posted by Princedeep on Facebook, following which he was arrested,” Mr. Singh said.
The accused Princedeep is the son of who represents Hatta assembly seat in the Legislative Assembly.
The FIR was lodged by Youth Congress leader Anurag Vardhan Hazari, the officer said.
He said Princedeep was brought to the police station by his MLA mother.
He has been booked under various sections of the IPC, Singh said.
