UP: Lathi charge on BJP workers during protest over PM security violation, SHO sent to police line

Police allegedly lathi-charged a group of BJP workers protesting at Tilhar here against security violations during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab, following which the in-charge of the local police station was sent to the police lines. Police officials said that the matter is being investigated.

BJP’s Tilhar Nagar President Rajeev Rathor said that dozens of party workers took out a torch procession on Thursday night to protest the security lapse of the Prime Minister during his visit to Punjab. He alleged that as soon as the procession reached Shaheed Kutir, police personnel reached there and after inquiring about the sloganeering started beating up BJP workers.

Rathore claimed that the BJP workers were chased and thrashed by the police and when they all gathered and staged a sit-in outside the local police station, top officials reached the spot. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sanjeev Bajpai said that he reached the spot as soon as he got information about the incident.