KAUSHAMBI: An FIR has been registered against Samajwadi Party MLA Indrajeet Saroj and hundreds of unidentified supporters following a complaint by a BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi district, police said on Sunday.Superintendent of police Satyanarayan Prajapat told news agency PTI that BJP leader Virendra Saroj, who is also the chairman of the Manjhanpur Nagar Palika Parishad, lodged the complaint late on Saturday night.He alleged that supporters of the SP leader had attempted to attack him.According to the complaint, the BJP leader was travelling to Prayagraj in his private vehicle around 5pm on Friday when his vehicle was allegedly intercepted by Manjhanpur MLA Indrajeet Saroj and his supporters near Myohar village, under the Karari police station area.Virendra Saroj alleged that the MLA and his supporters, including Vedpal, Shadab and Shivpujan Yadav, raised anti-BJP slogans, hurled abuses and attempted to attack him with the intention of killing him.The complainant also stated that his official security guard was accompanying him at the time of the incident.The SP said an FIR was registered at Karari police station under sections 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others, 191(2) (rioting), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace) and 126(2) (wrongful restraint) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).Police are investigating the matter and further legal action will be taken based on the findings, he added.(With agency inputs)
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