Indore, June 27 -- A court had refused bail to BJP MLA from Indore Akash Vijayvargiya, party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya's son, after he assaulted a municipal corporation officer with a cricket bat.

Akash had been arrested on Wednesday after video of him in the act went viral. The court has now sent him to judicial custody till July 7, media reports said.

The MLA had defended his move by describing it as "just the beginning".

The incident occurred at a time when a team of the civic body went to Ganji area in Indore to demolish a dilapidated building.

Akash was protesting with the locals against the corporation's move to demolish the building.

Akash told Times Now, "I got to know that some buildings are being demolished by some Congre...