Abduction case filed after 8 years in farmer disappearance, MP Min under SIT scanner

In a highly-publicised case, the Madhya Pradesh Police have registered an FIR in connection with farmer Man Singh Patel, who has been missing for eight years, in a land dispute case after the Supreme Court order.

- SATYAPRAKASH SHARMA

On behalf of an SIT (Special Investigation Team), constituted by the DGP of Madhya Pradesh after the Apex court directions, subinspector Sandeep Khare had got the FIR registered under the Section 365 (kidnapping or abduction) of the IPC at the Civil Lines police station in Sagar district on August 23, 2024.

However, the FIR has been registered against an unknown person. In the contents portion of the FIR, the name of MP Minister Govind Singh Rajput has been mentioned as the complainant, Sitaram Patel, the son of the missing farmer had written in the complaint on August Rajput of his position and 26, 2016.

The matter became a burning topic on Friday morning in political circles when the copy of the FIR went viral on social media platforms and the news was broadcast on TV channels.

Meanwhile, Congress demanded Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to remove Rajput from the state Cabinet.