Bareilly: In a brazen show of arrogance and political high-handedness, a BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh has been caught on camera allegedly beating up a toll plaza employee.
Mahendra Yadav, the MLA representing Biswan assembly segment, can be seen assaulting staffers at a toll gate in Fatehganj west in the video. The incident took place on April 17 when the lawmaker, along with his aides, was returning to Lucknow from Delhi on NH 24. He was stopped at Fatehganj west toll plaza at around 7. 45 pm, national media reported.
Reports said Yadav was angry at the toll staffers as they did not allow all the vehicles in hiss cavalcade pass the gate without paying the toll. Earlier, name of another BJP MLA, Rakesh Rathore from Sitapur, had come up as the prime suspect but he himself clarified that it was Yadav and not him.
The victims have lodged a complaint with the police.
A police official in Bareilly said since there were two versions of the incident, they will go through the CCTV footage before taking action.