Gwalior: Minister Narendra Shivaji Patel Accused of Assault After Restaurant Altercation

Gwalior News: State Minister Narendra Shivaji Patel caused a commotion at a hotel after being asked to wait due to overcrowding.

Gwalior News: Madhya Pradesh’s Minister of State for Public Health and Medical Education, Narendra Shivaji Patel, visited Quality Restaurant in Gwalior on Sunday night. Reports suggest he became angry when he couldn’t find a table due to overcrowding. His supporters, who were with him, also created a commotion. After the hotel staff realised he was a minister, they apologised, but Patel remained furious. He called the food safety team to collect samples of the food. The hotel owner has also accused Patel’s supporters of assault.

The Minister of State has been in Gwalior for two days. On Sunday, he inspected several health centres in the district and attended a wedding ceremony at the residence of the Speaker of the Assembly. In the evening, he went out for dinner with his supporters to Quality Restaurant in Patel Nagar near the SP office. Due to it being a holiday, the restaurant was crowded, and all tables were occupied. Two tables were booked under different names for the Minister of State. The fact that one table was booked in the name of Food Inspector Lokendra displeased the Minister of State, leading his supporters to create a disturbance. Eventually, the hotel owner was forced to apologise over the phone, and the entire staff also apologised to the Minister.

 

Once the staff realised that Narendra Shivaji Patel was a Minister of State, they apologised profusely. However, this did not calm his anger. Although his supporters became aggressive, no vandalism or assault was reported to the police. Subsequently, the food safety team arrived and collected samples.

Team Collected Five Samples; Oil Found Substandard

The food safety team collected five samples from the hotel. The team stated that they collected two samples of cooking oil, fried onions, mawa, and paneer. These samples will be sent to the Bhopal food lab for testing. A mobile lab was also called, and its tests revealed that the oil was substandard.

Hotel Owner Accuses Staff of Assault

Praveen Agarwal from the Chamber of Commerce also arrived in support of the hotel owner, Sanjay Arora. According to Arora, the Minister’s supporters assaulted his staff. The Minister’s guard allegedly pushed and shoved them. The owner’s brother, Kamal Arora, was surrounded by supporters, taken away in a police vehicle, but released when other businessmen intervened.