India, Jan. 6 -- The son of a former Union minister and sitting BJP MLA has been booked in a hit-and-run case after his car allegedly rammed into a motorcycle, leaving the rider critically injured in Raipur, police said on Monday.

The accused, Balwant Singh alias Lucky (34), is the son of Renuka Singh, an MLA from the Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) constituency and a former Union minister for Tribal Affairs between 2019 and 2023.

The incident occurred around 1am at Salasar Chowk, when the victim, Tribhuvan Singh (34), a disc jockey (DJ), was returning home to Telibandha after finishing work, a police official said.

Balwant was driving his car from the Arang side towards Telibandha, with friends travelling with him, when the vehicle allegedly hi...