An FIR has been registered against Bhopal District Panchayat member Vinay Mehar, who took his minor son with him while voting. Meanwhile, booth presiding officer Sandeep Saini, his assistants CR Batham, Manoj Kumar Maurya and Madan Gopal Patel have been suspended and Head Constable Santosh posted at the booth has been attached with DPR police lines.

On May 7, the day of voting for Bhopal parliamentary seat, Mehar took his minor son along with him while voting at polling station number 71 Khitwas of Berasia tehsil. Its video was also posted on social media. After going viral it was also deleted. However, Congress raised the issue.

Congress leader Piyush Babile made a post on social media. It was written in it BJP has made the Election Commission a child's play. In Bhopal, BJP's District Panchayat member Vinay Mehar got his minor son to cast his vote. Vinay Mehar also made a video while casting his vote, along with his son standing nearby. Vinay Mehar posted the video on Facebook. Will there be any action?

After this tweet came to light, District Election Officer Bhopal Collector Kaushlendra Vikram Singh handed over the investigation to Berasia SDM Ashutosh Goswami at 12.15 pm today. The investigation was completed within about three hours and an FIR was lodged against Mehar at Berasia police station.

In this matter, Mehar told Dainik Bhaskar that his son was insistent, hence he took him to the polling booth. Made a video by mistake and uploaded it on social media. I had no evil intentions.

Action has also been taken in another case in Bhopal. A young man named Sunil Kumar Sharma posted the video on social media after casting his vote. After this, Katara Hills Police took suo motu cognizance of the matter and took action. A case has been registered against Sunil under section 188. Sunil had reached polling station number 281/83 to cast his vote.