Son nabbed over suspicion of being drunk: Mother, a BJP councillor, creats ruckus at police station

Vadodara: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) female councilor brawled at the city police station after her son was nabbed for being drunk by the police late at night.

The Vadodara police had started a drive of checking the drunk people with breath analysers on the night of 31st December. Kunal Choksi, the son of BJP female councilor of ward no 14 Jelamben Choksi was found suspected to be drunk during the checking at Char Darwaja and brought to the city police station. Later, the female councilor reached the city police station with her supporters and relatives demanding release of her son and brawled there.

The female counselor told police that drinking is not a big crime. The tussles between the supporters and family members of the female councilor and the police had taken place during which the jacket of a policeman was torn. The video of this incident has gone viral on social media. However, the police filed a crime against Kunal Choksi.

The police had started checking in various areas of the city following the instruction of the police commissioner on the night of 31st December. The barricades were installed at the main road of the Fatehgunj area for strict implementation of ban.