Jalaun Cong president thrashed by women alleging harassment

Jhansi: The district president of Congress in Orai-Jalaun was thrashed in public by two women on Sunday for allegedly sexually harassing them continuously and sending obscene messages on phone. A video of the incident went viral.
The high voltage drama took place at Station Road in Orai when the two women, both sisters, intercepted Congress district president Anuj Mishra and while one of them started thrashing him with a shoe, the other started making a video.
Mishra kept begging them to leave him while saying sorry, but the women did not let him go till police arrived.
The women accused Mishra of harassing them with obscene comments on phone and kept doing this despite several warnings.
One of the women, Maya Singh Parihar is former district secretary of Congress and had been removed from the post by Mishra on October 30 citing inefficiency.
“He was sexually harassing us for many days. We complained about him to Ajay Kumar Lallu ji (state Congress president) but no action was taken,” she said. UP Congress committee has formed a five-member panel comprising former Jhansi MP Pradeep Jain Aditya to visit the district and probe the allegations.
Maya told media that she runs an organization where many women come and Mishra keeps ogling them.
“He has been harassing us and keeps sending obscene messages. I called him today to meet as I wanted to tell him to stop harassing us but he still kept doing unwanted things and so I thrashed him,” said Maya.
On the other hand, Mishra said he had recommended her ouster from the post because of her inefficiency and that he supplied building material worth Rs 3 lakh to Maya but she is not paying for it.
She is levelling false charges on me so that she may not have to pay the money, Mishra alleged.
“I am ready for any kind of enquiry, even if it is a DNA test. I am also going to file a complaint against Maya for her misdeeds and will write to senior leaders of party,” he said.
An FIR was lodged against Mishra under section 354A IPC on the complaint given by Maya.
SP Jalaun, Yashveer Singh said, “We have lodged an FIR against the accused and are investigating the matter.”
UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu told TOI that the disciplinary committee has sought explanation from both Maya and Mishra.