Mumbai, Aug 13: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator and his supporters allegedly vandalised a hotel in Kharghar after the owner refused to pay extortion money. BJP corporator Shatrughan Kakade, along with others, barged into the hotel and thrashed owner Imtiyaz. The entire incident was recorded in a CCTV camera, and the video was going viral.
According to Imtiyaz, Kakade was demanding Rs 50,000 as 'protection money', however, he refused to pay. Angered over refusal, the BJP corporator and his accomplices stormed into the restaurant and assaulted him, Imtiyaz alleged. An FIR was registered, and an investigation was underway to locate Kakade. The hotel owner was hospitalised after the attack.
BJP corporator Shatrughan Kakade and his goons were caught on camera barging into a hotel after the owner refused to pay an extortion of 50k in Kharghar, Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/sdujbLTnZY
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The date and time of the incident was not confirmed. Further details were awaited.
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