Samajwadi Party leader,aides assault cop

Accused purportedly assaulted the cop to put pressure on him in connection with a case.

A Samajwadi Party leader and his aides allegedly assaulted a policeman in Masauli area here,police said today.

Baburam was assaulted allegedly by the district president of Samajwadi Chattra Sabha,Lalla Yadav,and three of his supporters at a dhaba on Barabaki-Bahraich road last night,they said.

“The accused purportedly assaulted Baburam to put pressure on him in connection with a case,” a police officer said,adding a case has been lodged against Yadav and his supporters in this regard.

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In another incident,a health department employee,Dilip Kumar Pathak,was assaulted by the district president of SP Yuvjan Sabha,Mohd Ayaz,at Fatehpur community health centre over a petty issue.

Ayaz had come to the community health centre to get a cheque issued yesterday. When the employee asked him to wait for half an hour,Ayaz purportedly assaulted him,police said.

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