A case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Raja Bhaiya contested as an Independent candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s Kunda Assembly constituency this election (File)
Independent candidate and former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, popularly known as Raja Bhaiya, and 17 others have been charged with assaulting a polling agent of the Samajwadi Party, the police said today.’
A case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
“On the voting day (on February 27), Rakesh Kumar Pasi, a polling agent of Samwadi Party candidate Gulshan Yadavaj that Tinku Singh, a polling agent of the Jansatta Dal Loktantrik, phoned him and told him to leave the booth (in Raiyyapur) ), otherwise capturing the booth could not be done,” Superintendent of Police Satpal Antil said.
Soon, Jansatta Dal Loktantrik leader Raghuraj Pratap Singh, Subhash Singh and Gopal Kesarwani reached the poll booth with their supporters and took away Pasi in a vehicle and beat him up, the police officer said.
Passi suffered injuries to his head.
Acting on a complaint, the police registered a case against 18 people, including Raja Bhaiya. The matter is being probed, the officer said.
Raja Bhaiya contested as an Independent candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s Kunda Assembly constituency which voted in the fifth phase on Sunday.