BJP conspiring against its own people, rioters revealing truth: Akhilesh on Bahraich violence
Lucknow (PTI): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said it is out in the open that the BJP is conspiring against its own people, days after a BJP MLA lodged an FIR against his party colleague in the Mahrajganj violence case.
Yadav also shared on X a media report about the case filed by Sureshwar Singh, the BJP MLA from Bahraich's Mahsi seat, on October 18 against several unidentified and seven named persons, including Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's (BJYM) city president Arpit Srivastava, for rioting and other serious offences.
The SP chief alleged that the BJP conspires to incite riots for power and the rioters themselves are "revealing the truth" before hidden cameras.
The BJP is yet to respond to Yadav's latest attack on the party over the communal violence in the Maharajganj town of Bahraich district last week.
"Shame on such BJP politics and BJP's hunger for power, which conspires to incite riots... for politics. Every day new revelations are being made in the case of Bahraich violence and the BJP is not able to show its face. BJP MLAs themselves are filing FIRs against BJP members for conspiracy and the rioters are revealing the truth in front of hidden cameras," the SP supremo said in his X post.
"The few supporters and voters of BJP that are left are now also ashamed to see this conspiratorial and violent form of the BJP. The BJP has used the sentiments of its supporters by misleading them to save and maintain its power. The truth is that BJP is conspiring against its own people," he said.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also claimed that the BJP is trapping its members by "getting them indulged in rioting", which is why party members are filing complaints against one another and are proving that "the BJP is nobody's own".
"UP kahe aaj ka, nahin chahiye Bhajpa (Today's UP says it doesn't need the BJP)," he said.
Yadav also shared a media report with his post in which two alleged rioters filmed on hidden cameras point towards a conspiracy behind the communal violence in Maharajganj and make several "revelations".
Communal violence broke out in Maharajganj after a youth named Ram Gopal Mishra (22) was shot dead during a Durga idol immersion procession on October 13.
MLA Singh lodged an FIR in the city police station on October 18 against seven named, including BJYM's Srivastava, and many other unknown miscreants on charges of rioting and disturbance.
On the complaint of the MLA, a case was registered against Srivastava, Anuj Singh Raikwar, Shubham Mishra, Kushmendra Chaudhary, Manish Chandra Shukla, Pundrik Pandey and Sudhanshu Singh Rana as well as unknown rioters under relevant sections.
The MLA alleged that when he, along with his bodyguards and other colleagues, reached the Bahraich Medical College to take Ram Gopal Mishra's body to the mortuary on October 13, Srivastava and his supporters raised slogans of 'murdabaad' against them and hurled abuses.
Apart from this, stones were also pelted with the intention of stopping his car and killing him, Singh claimed.
A bullet was also fired by the mob due to which the glass of his car broke and his son Akhand Pratap Singh narrowly escaped, the Mahsi MLA added.
The police said the case against the BJYM office-bearer and others is the 12th FIR registered so far related to the Mahrajganj violence.
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Two held for assaulting policemen over drinking in public
Bengaluru (PTI): Two police personnel on patrolling duty were allegedly abused and assaulted by a group of four youths after being asked not to consume alcohol in a public place, police said on Wednesday.
Two of the accused -- an engineering student and a software engineer, both in their 20s -- have been arrested in the case, they said.
Efforts are being made to nab the other two suspects, who have been identified, police added.
The incident occurred in the early hours of May 1, when the two personnel, attached to Amrutahalli police station, were patrolling on a two-wheeler near Akashavani Layout, they said.
According to police, while patrolling around 3 am, they noticed four youths who had stopped their car on the road and were consuming alcohol. When they were told to leave, as drinking alcohol in a public place is not permitted, one among them suddenly started abusing them.
When the policemen attempted to take out their lathi from the vehicle, the youths allegedly caught hold of them from behind, grabbed and dragged them, and tore one of their uniforms, the FIR stated.
They assaulted them with their hands and with rings worn, causing injuries to their faces. They also kicked them, causing pain, it said.
Thereafter, the accused allegedly snatched the key of their vehicle, pushed them to the ground, and fled the scene in their car at high speed, police said.
The policemen then immediately went to a hospital for treatment and lodged a complaint against four unknown youths, following which an FIR was registered against them under Sections 121(1) (voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter a public servant from duty), 132 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of duty), 304 (snatching), and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
"We have arrested two people in the case and efforts are being made to nab the other two suspects who have been identified," a senior police officer said.
