UP BJP leader expelled from party after ‘objectionable’ video surfaces
Siddharthnagar (UP) (PTI): The BJP has expelled its former district vice-president in Siddharthnagar after an alleged objectionable video involving him and a teenage girl surfaced on social media, official sources said on Monday.
The ousted leader, Gaurishankar Agrahari, however, dismissed the video as "doctored and politically motivated".
The purported video, said to be about a week old, allegedly shows Agrahari in a compromising position with the girl inside a room in the Bansi tehsil area.
Circle Officer, Bansi, Mayank Tripathi said police have taken cognisance of the matter.
"The video has come to notice. An inquiry is being conducted. If the girl is found to be a minor, strict action will be initiated against the concerned person under relevant sections of law," he said.
State general secretary Govind Narayan Shukla issued the expulsion order. He said the action was taken on the directions of the party’s state leadership, following a complaint by the district president and subsequent discussions with local leaders.
Agrahari denied the allegations.
"This video is doctored and politically motivated. I have served the party with dedication for years. This conspiracy has been hatched to malign my image. I will present my side before the leadership," he said.
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UP: Blood-soaked body of elderly man found in Hathras
Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
