Bilaspur: Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi’s son Amit Jogi, who heads of the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J), was arrested Tuesday in the here in this district on charges of cheating and forgery, police said.
The arrest was made following a police complaint lodged against him by Sameera Paikra, the BJP candidate from Marwahi constituency in the 2013 state Assembly polls.
Sameera Paikra in her complaint said Amit Jogi allegedly submitted wrong information about his birth place while filing his nomination papers for the 2013 polls.
After an investigation for about six months, Amit Jogi was arrested from Marwahi Sadan in Bilaspur, based on the FIR lodged against him in February this year at Gaurela police station in the district,” SP Prashant Agrawal said.
“Amit Jogi will be produced before a court and as per the orders of the court, action will be taken. He has been accused of giving wrong information in his election affidavit about his birthplace,” senior police officer Sanjay Kumar Dhruv was quoted as saying by a news agency.
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