India, May 30 -- Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders on Friday mounted a sharp attack on the state government after the Indore police registered a land-grabbing case against state unit president Jitu Patwari's brother and others.

"The FIR has been registered to harass my family but we will go to court to prove our innocence," said Jitu Patwari, describing the first information report (FIR) registered by the police as "fake".

The FIR names Jitu's brother Bharat Patwari, a relative Nana Patwari, and Congress district president Sadashiv Yadav.

Police said the FIR was registered on Thursday by the Tejaji Nagar police based on a complaint by Narendra Mehta (74), a resident of Mahavir Bagh in Indore. Mehta has alleged that Nana, Bharat, and Yada...