Sitapur: SP men force cops to free accused

A group of Samajwadi Party workers,led by a former district president of the party’s women wing,allegedly attacked a police team and got an accused released from police custody in Sitapur district’s Biswan area on Monday evening.

An FIR was lodged today at Biswan police station against the woman SP leader and others under Sections 147 (punishment for rioting),224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension),225 (resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter policemen from discharge of duty) of the IPC.

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Sitapur Superintendent of Police (SP) Deepak Kumar said the police had caught a man over an altercation he had with his neighbour.

Senior sub-inspector of Biswan police station Jitendra Mohan said a police team had gone to Misterganj locality following information about some trouble there.

They found one Ganesh Agrawal was abusing his neighbours and misbehaving with them. They caught Agrawal and were bringing him to the police station when former president of SP women wing,Asha Awasthi,and four others intercepted them on the way. They attacked the policemen and freed the man,Mohan said.