Latur (Maharashtra), Oct 29 MIDC Police here on Thursday registered a case against 10 people for allegedly abducting and forcing a BJP candidate to withdraw his nomination in the Latur District Central Cooperative Bank (DCC Bank) election.
The complainant, Ravi Jadhav (33), filed his nomination on October 16 from the Renapur tehsil cooperative societies constituency, a police official said.
The complaint named Congress candidate Sarjerao More and Sharad Kadam along with eight others.
On October 28, around 10.30 am, Jadhav was taken in a car to Aroma Hotel where the accused allegedly threatened to kill his family if he did not withdraw from the election.
When Jadhav declined, he was forcibly taken to the Latur collectorate and forced to submit a nomination withdrawal form.
He was released in the evening, Jadhav stated in the complaint.
A case of kidnapping and criminal intimidation was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with provisions of the Representation of the People Act and further probe was on, the official said. No arrest has been made yet.
(PTI News)
