Union Minister Prahlad Patel’s 26-year-old son has been arrested in an attempt to murder case, following an attack that left five people injured in this district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
Mr. Patel’s son Prabal was among the seven persons arrested in connection with the attack on a group of persons at Gotegaon town on Monday night, they added.
The Union Minister’s nephew, Monu Patel, whose father is a sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, has also been booked in the case, but not arrested yet.
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Prahlad Patel, the BJP MP from Damoh, was recently inducted in the Union Cabinet as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism.
“The victims have alleged that Prabal Patel (26), Monu Patel (27) and about a dozen others attacked them at Bailhai Bazaar around 11.30 p.m. on Monday. Gunshots were also fired, which hit one person. Seven persons, including Prabal Patel, were arrested in this connection,” Superintendent of Police Gurukaran Singh said.
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Monu Patel was yet to be arrested and a search to nab all the other accused was under way, he said.
Prabal Patel has been named as the main accused in the case, the police said. Monu is the son of Prahlad Patel’s younger brother Jalam Singh Patel, a ex-Minister and the sitting BJP MLA from Narsinghpur.