On seeing the BJP workers, the victim, identified as 22-year-old Manoj Gujjar, started raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. He was sent to jail after the BJP leader assaulted him.
Sambhal: A BJP leader from Amroha, Uttar Pradesh was caught on camera assaulting a differently-abled man and trying to shove a stick in his mouth when the latter declared that he would vote for Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. The victim was also reportedly arrested for breach of peace.
The incident occurred when BJP leader Mohammad Mian accompanied Sambhal district president Rajesh Singhal and other BJP workers to meet sub-divisional magistrate Dipender Yadav at the collectorate.
On seeing the BJP workers, the victim, identified as 22-year-old Manoj Gujjar, started raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and in favour of former CM Akhilesh Yadav. “Vote Akhilesh ko hi dunga (I will vote only for Akhilesh),” he said.
Mian reportedly took a stick out of his vehicle in anger and started assaulting Gujjar. When SDM Singhal heard about the incident, he ordered the arrest of Gujjar for breach of the peace and sent him to jail.
Miya has defended himself saying the man was drunk and he was just trying to make him leave.
“He was abusing Modi ji and Yogi ji. I tried to first explain things, he was drunk. It was a conspiracy to malign the BJP. I was just trying to make him leave the place. I didn’t shove a stick in his mouth,” Miya said, according to news agency ANI.
Police in Sambhal said they have registered a case against Miya.
“The case was registered last night, we have sent our teams to arrest the culprit,” said Sabhal’s circle officer Sudesh Kumar said on Wednesday.
Sambhal SP Yamuna Prasad said Mian is a “known history-sheeter”. “During the preliminary investigation, it was found that Mian has criminal antecedents and is a known history-sheeter at Asmoli police station. Gujjar has been sent to jail because the incident took place inside the collectorate, Times of India reported.
Since the video went viral, Mian has been staying at the house of a family friend in Rampur district. “Gujjar was using abusive language against senior BJP leaders. After hearing this, I lost control and scolded him. I am ready to apologise to him in public for this,” Mian told TOI.
Gujjar sells shoes and slippers in Sambhal and was released from district jail on Tuesday evening.