Ashoknagar, June 28 -- Madhya Pradesh Police registered a case against state Congress chief Jitu Patwari for allegedly inducing a man to make false claims about 'feeding faeces' in Ashoknagar district, a police officer said.

The man, Gajraj Lodhi, a resident of Mundra village, submitted an affidavit to the Ashoknagar collector in this regard. He claimed that some Congress leaders introduced him to Patwari in Orchha on June 25 in connection with an assault incident that had happened with him recently.

Following this, Patwari asked him to speak about being forced to eat human excreta; however, no incident like that happened to him. Lodhi claimed he made the false claim due to Patwari's persuasion.

Speaking to ANI, Superintendent of Polic...