A Samajwadi Social gathering (SP) leader, who had allegedly made objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media a couple of days in the past, was arrested after a shoot-out with police in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district on Sunday, police stated.
Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Etawah, Sanjay Kumar Verma stated Manish Yadav Patre fired upon the police workforce that carried out a raid for his arrest in Nagla Mardan village in Etawah. “The police additionally returned the hearth and managed to arrest him. Now we have discovered a country-made pistol and some dwell rounds on him,” the SSP added.
“Yadav, who has 16 legal circumstances pending against him, has been booked beneath part 7 of the Prison Modification Regulation Act,” he stated. Yadav had made the touch upon a social media website on Tuesday final (August 8). Sub inspector Darshan Singh had lodged an FIR against the SP leader with Chaubia police station in Etawah district.
Three police and a surveillance groups traced Yadav to his village on Sunday morning and a raid was carried out with full pressure, stated the officers. Up to now, Yadav had contested meeting elections against SP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav from Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah on a BSP ticket. Later, he joined the SP.