Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya was attacked after shoe was hurled at him during a party event at Lucknow. The shoe however did not reach up to Maurya. Party workers overpowered the alleged assailant and thrashed him.The incident took place at the SP’s one-day ‘mahasammelan’ at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan.
“The accused has been taken to a hospital and further details will be known after questioning him,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (Lucknow) Aniandy Vikram Singh told PTI. The alleged assailant, Akash Saini, was dressed as a lawyer, the officer said.He was taken into custody by the Vibhuti Khand police.
Swami Prasad Maurya, a prominent OBC leader in Uttar Pradesh who had defected to the SP from the BJP just before the 2022 assembly elections, has been in the thick of a controversy over his remarks on the Ramcharitmanas and Hindu temples.
*With Agency Inputs
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Updated: 21 Aug 2023, 06:08 PM IST