This story is from July 12, 2021

Uttar Pradesh: BJP leader, 125 others booked for poll violence in Etawah

Police have booked BJP leader Vimal Bhadauria for allegedly attacking ASP Etawah Prashant Kumar Prasad along with his aides during the voting for the post of block head on Saturday afternoon.Apart from them, 125 other unidentified persons have also been booked for indulging in violence during the polls. The FIR was registered on Saturday at Badhpura police station on the instructions of senior officials.
Uttar Pradesh: BJP leader, 125 others booked for poll violence in Etawah
The FIR was registered on Saturday at Badhpura police station on the instructions of senior officials. (Representative image)
KANPUR: Police have booked BJP leader Vimal Bhadauria for allegedly attacking ASP Etawah Prashant Kumar Prasad along with his aides during the voting for the post of block head on Saturday afternoon.Apart from them, 125 other unidentified persons have also been booked for indulging in violence during the polls.
The FIR was registered on Saturday at Badhpura police station on the instructions of senior officials.

SSP Etawah Brajesh Kumar Singh told reporters that Badhpura police station in-charge Jitendra Kumar Sharma had filed a case in this regard at around 1 am on Saturday night.
"A case has been registered against 125 people, including BJP leader Vimal Bhadauria, a resident of Udi, under the relevant sections of IPC including 147, 148, 149, 323, 353, 307, 269, 270, 188, 51, 57, 3 and section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act (CLA) Act. Following the orders of the senior officials, further necessary action would be initiated against them," the SSP said.
The video footage, he said, has been collected as evidence against the accused and further investigations are underway.
He said during the election of the block head, around 125 people, led by BJP leader Vimal Bhadauria, arrived near the barrier at Udi intersection at around 1 pm and forcibly tried to remove the barricading in a bid to reach the block premises.
"On being stopped by the police, the angry crowd started pelting bricks and stones on the policemen. Not only this, they were also resorted to firing. When ASP Prashant Kumar Prasad and other policemen, accompanying him, tried to stop them, they were pushed back and abused by the trouble-makers. When senior sub-inspector Rajesh Kumar Singh, who accompanied the ASP, tried to save him, the BJP workers misbehaved with him and attacked him with sticks," the SSP further said.

Besides bricks, stones, shoes, slippers and sticks, seven empty cartridges were also recovered from the site.
To recall, tension had prevailed in Badhpura block of Etawah district following firing and stone pelting during the voting for the post of block head on Saturday afternoon.
Later, in a purported video, which went viral on social media, ASP Etawah Prashant Kumar Prasad could be heard in a video saying that the BJP workers had brought bombs and also pelted bricks stones on policemen and misbehaved with the ASP.
The video footage was apparently shot during the voting on Saturday afternoon when ASP Prashant Kumar Prasad tried to sort out the dispute between the BJP and the SP supporters.
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