Even as the government suspended a circle officer (CO) for Saturday's clash between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party supporters in which BJP MP Sangam Lal Gupta was injured, the local police registered five FIRs against Congress’ former Rajya Sabha member Pramod Tiwari, and his daughter Aradhana Mishra `Mona’ who is Congress Legislature Party leader in UP assembly.
While one case each was registered against them on Saturday, four more cases were registered on Sunday. The FIRs have been registered under Section 307 (attempt to murder) along with nine other serious sections of the Indian Penal Code. The FIRs have been registered at the Lalganj police station.
Since Saturday's incident, IG Prayagraj KP Singh has been camping in Pratapgarh along with a heavy police force.
Meanwhile, the UP government on Sunday suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagmohan Singh posted as circle officer of Lalganj in Pratapgarh. The action was taken against him after he was found prima facie guilty of dereliction of duty. In the suspension order issued by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi, it is said that the CO did not deploy adequate security personnel on the spot which led to the clash. The recommendation for suspension was made by ADG (Prayagraj).
On the other hand, injured BJP MP and BJP OBC Morcha national general secretary Sangam Lal Gupta was to meet Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Sunday in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
In Sunday's clash, BJP leader Om Prakash Pandey and his gunner constable Sunil and Devendra Pratap Singh and Abhishek Kumar of Sangipur had given a complaint to register a case against the Congress leaders. Earlier on Saturday night, on the complaint of Sangam Lal Gupta, the police registered a case against 27 named and 50 unidentified people under several sections, including attempt to murder. These included the names of Pramod Tiwari and Aradhana Mishra.
After the case was registered regarding the incident, the police conducted raids the whole night to arrest the accused. The police raided the houses of six accused, including the son and former head of a Congress-backed district panchayat member from Sangipur and detained their relatives. In the case registered on the complaint of Sangam Lal Gupta, the husband of the district panchayat member has also been made an accused.
The clash between Congress and BJP workers took place during Garib Kalyan Mela in Sangipur block. In the clash, Sangam Lal Gupta was also attacked and he was injured and was treated at the CHC in Lalangaj. The MP gave a complaint addressed to the superintendent of police in Lalganj Kotwali in which he alleged that senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari attacked him when he reached the programme venue under a pre-planned plan. According to Gupta, when Sangipur SO tried to intervene, Pramod Tiwari started beating some BJP workers. After this, on the instigation by MLA Aradhana Mishra, Congress workers attacked him with the intention of killing him. There was stone pelting and Congress workers attacked him with sticks. Several vehicles were damaged. Somehow, the security personnel escaped from the spot with him and his life was saved, the MP claimed.
On the complaint of the MP, the police registered a case against 27 named and 50 unknown people including CLP leader Aradhana Mishra, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, Sangipur block chief Ashok Singh Bablu. CO Lalganj Jagmohan had said that on the complaint of the MP, a case had been registered against 77 people including Aradhana Mishra, Pramod Tiwari. The government had also sought a report of the incident that took place in the presence of the police.