Farmers Movement Archive

BJP MLA’s son among 6 booked for thrashing Shahjahanpur BKU chief

Bareilly: Shahjahanpur police have booked the son of a BJP MLA and five others, for allegedly thrashing and pointing a pistol at the district chief of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Rashtravadi) on Sunday. The FIR was registered after the farmer union threatened to stage a protest. The farmer union leader, Mahendra Singh Yadav, was allegedly thrashed by Arvind Singh, son of the Dadraul BJP MLA Manvendra Singh, along with his bodyguard, an advocate and three others, said police. The incident was reported on Friday, but police had refused to register a complaint till the union staged a protest.Yadav said, “I was speaking to the tehsildar of Sadar regarding a complaint against a land mafioso, when Arvind Singh and others barged in and began misbehaving with me inside the office. When I later stepped out, Arvind pointed a pistol at me and threatened to kill me, before thrashing me with the other accused.”On Saturday, hundreds of farmers led by Yadav, who was accompanied by his family, and protested inside the collectorate premises, demanding action against the accused, after which, a probe was ordered and an FIR was registered in the case.“A case has been registered against Arvind Singh and five others for threatening and thrashing the BKU district chief. A case was also registered against Yadav and others after the other side also filed a complaint alleging the union leader had tried to extort Rs 10 lakh and a plot from them,” said circle officer (city) Praveen Kumar.

The Times of India

2020-11-09

Bareilly