By TNN
Lucknow: A former Samajwadi Party MLA Ashutosh Upadhyaya aka Bablu Upadhyaya, his gunner and driver have been accused of thrashing a Dalit employee of a private company in Gomtinagar.
As per FIR, the victim Lalji aka Lalu of Ambedkarnagar works at New India Motors in the area. On Tuesday afternoon, Upadhyay sent his gunner and driver at the company asking them to call me out of the office.
Lalu alleged that Upadhyay started abusing him immediately after he saw him and hit him with a stick which he had with him without any provocation. “I was abused and was showered with casteist remarks. Upadhyay attacked me with a stick and I ran away from the scene to save myself. His driver and gunner chased me and caught me and brought me before him. I suffered head injuries in the attack,” he alleged. SHO, Gomtinagar, Deepak Pandey said that a case under relevant sections of the IPC and under SC/ST Act have been lodged.
The case is being investigated and the allegations levelled were being probed, said the police officer.
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