Caught On Cam: Rajasthan Minister's Nephew Vandalises Jaipur Hotel

Harshdeep Khachariyawas, the nephew of Rajasthan Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, reportedly vandalised a hotel in Jaipur in the early hours of Wednesday.

A CCTV video in connection with the incident has now gone viral. The Jaipur Police has filed an FIR in connection with the case.

"An FIR has been registered. We will investigate based on the facts of the FIR. Whenever we get the evidence we will arrest the accused and take him to justice," Shiv Narayan, SHO Vaishali said.

Hotel owner Abhimanyu Singh said that Harshdeep Khachariyawas had an argument with a guest after which he asked the staff to open every room in order o search for him. "Yesterday at around 10 pm, the nephew of Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Harshdeep Khachariyawas along with 5-6 people reached the hotel in a drunk state and had an argument with a fellow guest. I got a call saying that they were taking Pratap Singh Khachariyawas' name and abusing the staff...they asked the hotel staff for his (the fellow guest with whom the Minister's nephew got into an argument) room number and demanded to open every room and search for him," the hotel owner told ANI.

After the hotel staff refused, he called in around 20 to 25 boys and started vandalising hotel property, Abhimanyu added. "The safety of our guests is very important to us. We denied to open the rooms. I instructed my staff to ask them to come tomorrow and solve the matter. We also offered to help them in case they want any proof in case of any investigation. However, he turned furious and called in 20-25 other boys and started to damage the hotel property. They blocked our front desk. They destroyed our glasses in front of us and threatened us," the hotel owner claimed.

"We called the police. However, only two police personnel came. They searched for the guest with whom they had a quarrel. Those 25 boys were beating up the person in front of the police. We have the CCTV footage of it. The police did nothing. They just saved the guest and took him away," he said.

Singh accused Khachariyawas and his accomplices of trying to destroy the CCTV recordings. "Someone advised them to destroy the CCTV footage from the server room downstairs. They reached the place to destroy the footage, they also broke the TV, the recording of which is present with us. We somehow saved the recordings..." Abhimanyu Singh said.

According to the hotel owner, they have been receiving threats for considering pressing charges against the accused, who happens to be the nephew of a Minister. Despite this situation, the owner expressed their faith in the state government.