In a similar incident on April 23, BJP workers at a polling booth in Bilari thrashed a presiding officer until the police intervened to save him as Moradabad went to polls.
Bhadohi: An FIR was registered against BJP MLA Dinanath Bhaskar for allegedly thrashing the presiding officer of booth no.359 in Aurai assembly constituency under the Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
Bhadohi went to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha election held on Sunday, May 12.
“MLA and three others thrashed him alleging voting being held at a slow pace. An FIR has been registered and action is being taken,” the police said.
BJP has fielded Ramesh Bind from this seat while the SP-BSP alliance has fielded Rangnath Mishra. Ramakanth Yadav is contesting from the seat on a Congress ticket.
In a similar incident on April 23, BJP workers at a polling booth in Bilari thrashed a presiding officer until the police intervened to save him as Moradabad went to polls.
BJP workers who were beating up the election officer alleged that the presiding officer was asking voters to press the button beside the cycle symbol.
The cycle symbol belongs to Samajwadi Party, which is contesting the elections in alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh.
The counting of votes will be done on May 23.