Assaulting a Bharatiya Janata Party leader proved costly to four policemen in Hathras. The district police chief suspended them and also ordered a probe into the incident.
Zonal vice-president of BJP Yuva Morcha, Hamveer Singh, was thrashed by policemen at a sweet shop in Mursan area of Hathras district on Saturday night. In protest, BJP men laid siege to the police station and staged a sit-in.
Superintendent of Police Devesh Kumar Pandey has handed over the investigation of the case to the circle officer (city).
Reports said when Hamveer Singh was buying sweets from the shop, a youth arrived, claiming to be a food inspector, and demanded Rs 5,000 from the shopkeeper. The BJP leader got suspicious about the youth’s identity and informed the police. The cops from the local police station reached the shop, but the youth managed to escape.
It is alleged that the policemen started abusing the BJP leader the moment they entered the shop. When he opposed, the cops started beating him and took him to the police station, where they assaulted the BJP leader again.
On getting information, other BJP leaders rushed to the police station and staged a demonstration, demanding action against the guilty policemen.
Later, the circle officer of Sadabad also reached there with a heavy police force and tried to pacify the protesters. The SP of Hathras later suspended four constables – Nitin Kumar, Gaurav Chaudhary, Prashant Tomar and Sunil Kumar.
Meanwhile, in another shocking incident reported from Meerut, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh office in L Block of Shastri Nagar was attacked by two people who arrived in a Creta car in the wee hours of Sunday.
They tried to break open the gate and later scaled the wall and entered the premises and assaulted RSS workers Hrithik, Satyam and Himanshu who were present in the office. They even took the workers at gunpoint when they tried to resist.
On getting information, the local police reached the spot and nab the accused. They also recovered the pistol used by the goons.
Neeraj Kumar, a RSS worker, lodged an FIR against Akash Sirohi and Vaibhav Sirohi of A Block.