A BJP legislator was on Monday caught on camera purportedly beating a 'drunk' youth with a rod in Morbi district.
However, the police said that the youth was wielding a sword in an inebriated state when the MLA called up the police.
The video taken by a by-stander purportedly showed BJP MLA from Morbi, Kanti Amrutiya, and his boydguard, beating the youth with a rods.
Watch: Drunk BJP MLA caught hitting youth with a rod in Gujarat
The video is doing rounds in the social networking sites and WhatsApp.
Police said, the youth, Jagdish Lokhil, was welding a sword in a drunk state near Uma township of Morbi, and the MLA was also there.
{{/usCountry}}Police said, the youth, Jagdish Lokhil, was welding a sword in a drunk state near Uma township of Morbi, and the MLA was also there.
{{/usCountry}}"Amrutiya called the police, we went their and arrested the youth under the charges of prohibition and arms act," police official of the B-Division police station said
Amrutiya was not available for comment.