New Delhi, May 24 -- A man was caught in a compromising position with another woman on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, with claims that he was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While the BJP has rejected these claims, it has emerged that his wife is a BJP-backed district panchayat member, is currently representing Ward No. 8 of Mandsaur District Panchayat.

The matter came to light when a purported video showing a man, identified as the husband of the panchayat member, in a compromising act with another woman, went viral. The video shows the two outside their car, engaged in a compromising act on the expressway.

The man has been identified as Manoharlal Dhakad, the national secretary of the Dhakad Mahasabha registered in Ujjain. The...