The Congress has demanded that a criminal case be registered in connection with a video which shows a suspected supporter of BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya firing in the air. Akash was released on bail on Sunday, four days after having been held for assaulting a civic official at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.The purported video of the celebratory firing following Akash’s release has gone viral on social media.In the video, several people are seen dancing to drumbeats in front of what appears to be Akash’s AB Road office, adjoining the city BJP headquarters. In the course of the celebrations, a person can be seen firing a gun five times in the air.Madhya Pradesh: Celebratory firing outside BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya’s office in Indore after he got bail in an assault case. (29-06) pic.twitter.com/d1j2d03hLY— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2019Congress spokesman Neelabh Shukla demanded that the police file an FIR and take action. “Firing at a public place, where a crowd has gathered, is a crime,” he said.The BJP’s city unit media in-charge Devkinandan Tiwari said that neither the party nor any of its workers were associated with the firing.Meanwhile, Sanyogitaganj police station in-charge Subodh Shrotiya said, “This video of celebratory firing was not shot on Sunday. It looks to be an old video, though we are aware of it.”Also read: Raids on Kamal Nath’s Aides Take Political HueAkash, a first-time MLA who represents the Indore 3 Assembly segment, was released after his bail order from the Bhopal court of additional sessions judge Suresh Singh reached Indore on Sunday.He was arrested last Wednesday after having been caught on television cameras while assaulting a civic official with a cricket bat while opposing the demolition of a dilapidated house in the city. A magistrate’s court at Indore had sent him in judicial custody till July 11 after his arrest, denying him bail.The Bhopal court also granted him bail in an earlier case where he was accused of staging an illegal protest. Akash was asked to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 50,000 in the case of assault and of Rs 20,000 in the illegal protest case.Akash is the son of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.(With PTI inputs)