Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): Two days after Vedika succumbed to bullet injuries during treatment, Youth Congress workers reached accused BJP leader Priyansh Vishwakarma's residence on a bulldozer in Jabalpur on Wednesday.
Police was deployed and barricades were placed outside Vishwakaram's house as Congress workers threatened to raze off his house. The Congress workers demanded death sentence should be served to the accused BJP leader.
On June 16, Vedika Thakur gave a police statement from the hospital bed, accusing Vishwakarma of firing shots at her. 10 days later on June 26, she succumbed to injuries.
BJP's Denies Ties With Accused
The city unit president of BJP Prabhat Sahu dismissed the claims that accused is neither a member nor an office-bearer of the BJP.
But, FB Profile Reads 'Office-Bearer Of BJP'
MP Congress general secretary Saurabh Sharma had claimed that the accused has referred to himself as a BJP leader in his Facebook profile.
The accused was an office-bearer of BJP's Gwarighat mandal and posted pictures with all top leaders on his Facebook account, he said.
