Case lodged against Deoria MLA, SP workers for staging demonstration

GORAKHPUR: Deoria police, on Wednesday, registered a case against 109 SP leaders and workers including Deoria MLA Ashutosh Upadhyaya for using unparliamentary language for the PM and the CM and violating Covid protocol by staging a demonstration here three days ago.
A complaint regarding the same was lodged by district general secretary of Hindu Yuva Vahini Dilip Singh Baghel at Bhatparrani police station of the district on Wednesday.
On September 21, SP leaders and workers staged a state-wide demonstration against several issues including unemployment, law and order situation, corruption and price rice.In Deoria too, SP workers led by MLA Ashutosh Upadhyaya staged a demonstration in Bhatparrani and submitted a memorandum at tehsil.
On Wednesday, HYV leader Dilip Singh Baghel gave a written complaint with Deoria police that SP workers along with the MLA raised slogans against the PM and the CM and also hurled unparliamentary language, said SO Bhatparrani police station, Rampravesh Ram.
The case has been lodged against 9 named and 100 unidentified people under section 188, 269, 504, and Disaster Management Act. The police launched an investigation in the case, he said.