Former MLA from Nanpara in Bahraich, Dileep Verma, whose wife Madhuri Verma is now an MLA from the same constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, created a ruckus in the district on Friday.
Verma first reportedly manhandled a tehsildar and misbehaved with a deputy superintendent of police-rank officer and then sat on dharna, demanding action against the officers.
The tehsil staff also staged a massive protest, demanding arrest of the former MLA.
Reports said that Dileep Verma reached the tehsil on Friday morning and went to sub-divisional magistrate Siddharth Yadav's chamber. On learning that the SDM was on leave, Verma entered the room of tehsildar Madhusudan Arya. After some argument with the tehsildar, Verma reportedly manhandled him, snatched the gun of the security guard and left the place, hurling abuses at the officer.
Verma later reached Kotwali police station where he misbehaved with circle officer of Nanpara, Vijay Prakash, and also sat on dharna, demanding action against the government officials. He alleged that it was the tehsildar who assaulted and threatened him with dire consequences.
In the meantime, the tehsil staff, after learning about the incident, came on road and staged a demonstration, demanding registration of a case against Verma and his arrest for manhandling two government officers.
Reports said that senior officers reached the spot on learning about the incident and were making efforts to pacify both the sides and make them reach an agreement.
Both the sides were staging protests at the time of filing the report.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident reported from Mau, leaders of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) created ruckus and reportedly torched a police outpost when the cops refused to release a motorcycle.
Reports said that sub-inspector Rajan Maurya, posted at Dubari police outpost under Madhuban police station, learnt that some youths were gambling in the area. He rushed to the spot and nabbed the youths and also seized a two-wheeler. The youths were later released but the cops refused to release the motorcycle.
Subsequently, some senior local leaders belonging to Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), including a close lieutenant of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, called the police officers and requested them to release the motorcycle. When the cops refused to oblige them, PSPL leaders gheraoed the police station and misbehaved with the sub-inspector. They later attacked the cops and torched the police outpost and escaped. Interestingly, the local officers first tried to hush up the matter but when the sub-inspector raised the issue through media, a case was registered against the accused and efforts were on to nab them.
