Amit Jogi is the only son and only surviving child of Chattisgarh politician and former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi

Ajit Jogi

Ajit Jogi was the first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. He currently represents the Marwahi Scheduled Tribe constituency in the state assembly and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party....

. Anusha Jogi, daughter of Ajit Jogi, committed suicide on 12 May 2000 in Indore.

Amit Jogi was a US citizen by birth, and became a naturalised Indian citizen in July 2004.

Amit Jogi is a graduate of St. Stephen's College (BA Hons. History) and JNU (MA Politics and International Studies), Delhi.

He was said to have been involved in an operation of bribing Dilip Singh Judeo

Dilip Singh Judeo

Dilip Singh Judeo was the Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party led coalition government. He hails from the Royal family of Jashpur. He is at present Rajkumar of Royal family of Jashpur...

 in 2003. This is as per statement given by Central Bureau of Investigation

Central Bureau of Investigation

The Central Bureau of Investigation is a government agency of India that serves as a criminal investigation body, national security agency and intelligence agency. It was established on 1 April 1963 and evolved from the Special Police Establishment founded in 1941...

in Supreme Court of India in 2005

On July 23, 2011, Amit Jogi was badly injured when attacked by a mob while campaigning for Ms. Tanya Solomon, the Congress cadidate for the Jabera assembly by-poll in Madhya Pradesh. Ms. Solomon is the daughter of the late Mr. Ratnesh Solomon who was a five time MLA from the Jabera constituency, and brother-in-law of Ajit Jogi.