New Delhi: After a decades-old photograph of senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya with the now the Inspector General (IG) of National Security Guard (NSG) Pramod Phalnikar, started doing the rounds on the social media, many began pointing out that the son was following suit after the father. Phalnikar, on Saturday, however, clarified that the man in the 25-year old black and white viral photo was indeed him but he was neither attacked nor threatened by the then Indore MLA Kailash Vijayvargiya. Phalnikar, who was posted in Indore as Additional SP (City) at that time, said, "Generally, if anyone attacks with the shoe then there would be lots of tension and in such case other officers would have come to rescue but in this photo that was not the case.
But if you see that photo you will realise there is no tension, other officers are also standing calmly as I was not being threatened. It's being projected he was threatening or attacking me. It's false." The justification by the officer came after the featuring him with the BJP national general secretary showed an aggressive Vijayvargiya holding a shoe near the face of Phalnikar, while some people, including cops in uniform, are standing nearby. The photo surfaced and began being circulated when Vijayvargiya's son Akash was arrested on June 26 for thrashing a civic officer with a cricket bat in Indore.
