Lakhimpur Kheri; 17 Oct 2020 (UMMN): A BJP MLA and his son took away a man accused of eve-teasing from police custody on Saturday in Lakhimpur Khiri district of Uttar Pradesh. A video of the ruckus created by the BJP MLA, his son and supporters is now being circulated on social media.
According to News18, BJP MLA Lokendra Pratap Singh and his son reportedly reached Mohammadi Police Station in Lakhimpur post midnight along with scores of supporters and created a ruckus over the arrest of a worker in an eve-teasing case.
In the video that has since gone viral, party workers can be heard asking for the lock up keys to release the accused. The policemen could not muster the courage to oppose the agitated BJP workers and the MLA and his supporters walked away with the accused.
Earlier on Friday, a day after an aide of the BJP MLA gunned down a man in front of sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) and circle officer (CO) in Ballia district, the BJP legislator from Bairia assembly seat of Ballia, Surendra Singh, came out in defence of accused Dheerendra Singh. The lawmaker claimed that his aide opened fire in self-defence.
While local police officials are tight lipped about the incident, BJP MLA Lokendra Pratap Singh said over the phone that there was no ruckus on the spot and it was being wrongly propagated to malign his image, reported News18.
