Summary:
Lucknow: Two FIRs were lodged in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district on Saturday after complaints were received over an incident on Thursday evening when journalists were allegedly assaulted after a press conference held by former Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
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Lucknow: Two FIRs were lodged in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district on Saturday after complaints were received over an incident on Thursday evening when journalists were allegedly assaulted after a press conference held by former Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
Confirming the FIRs, Uttar Pradesh ADG (Law and order) Prashant Kumar said that the FIRs were lodged based on complaints from both parties.
“The cross FIRs were lodged based on complaints from both sides.
Further action will be taken based on the merits of the cases.
An investigation is underway,” said the ADG.
“The journalists’ association has named former CM Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party workers in its complaint.
On the other hand, Samajwadi Party has named two journalists in its FIR,” the ASP said, adding that sections for assault, illegal confinement and rioting have been invoked in both the FIRs.
“In the FIR which was lodged based on the complaint by journalists, former CM Akhilesh Yadav has been named.
We are scanning the footage from CCTV cameras at the hotel and are probing the issue,” Anand said.
On Thursday evening, chaos had broken out after some journalists reportedly came too close to the security cover of Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav at a hotel where the former chief minister had addressed a press conference.