Panaji: Aam Aadmi Party’s Goa chief Amit Palekar has been arrested by the crime branch of the state. He has been arrested in a case of road rage. Regarding this incident, Palekar has said that I have no hand in it. While talking to the media in police custody, he said, ‘This is absolutely dirty politics. I have nothing to do with this incident. Amit Palekar is accused of destroying evidence in a road rage case. In this incident, a Mercedes car crushed three people.
Amit Palekar has been arrested in connection with this incident that took place in the early days of August. The crime branch has registered a case against Amit Palekar under section 201 of the IPC. A crime branch officer said, ‘Palekar had come to the police station with a person. To whom he told that he is the driver of the SUV. They did this so that the identity of the actual driver driving the car could be hidden.
VIDEO | Goa AAP chief Amit Palekar arrested by Goa Crime Branch in connection with a road rage case. “This is absolutely dirty politics and I have got nothing to do with this crime,” says Palekar. pic.twitter.com/C14DgOB0Gf
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The AAP leader has rejected the allegations leveled against him. Palekar said, ‘I have been arrested. This is dirty politics. These people have been threatening me for two days that if you do not join BJP, you will have to face consequences. This is completely dirty politics. There is nothing more than this. I have nothing to do with this matter. This is just so that my image can be tarnished. Earlier, Goa Police had arrested a person named Paresh alias Shripad in this case.
He was accused of hitting three vehicles with a Mercedes at high speed, in which three people died and the same number were seriously injured. According to the police, Paresh was under the influence of alcohol when he met with an accident. He was with a friend of his, who is a real estate businessman, at the time of the accident.
