"Will Get Me Killed": BJP MLA Claims Assault By Senior Uttar Pradesh Cop

The IPS officer, however, said the MLA had levelled false allegations against him after he asked him not to misbehave at the DM's office.

A BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, 170 kilometres from Lucknow, has alleged assault by the local police chief after an argument over voter lists for the upcoming panchayat elections. Dramatic visuals show MLA Dhiraj Ojha walking out of the office of the district magistrate with a torn kurta in his hands. On camera, he accuses the newly appointed Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar of assaulting him. "Ek vidhayak ko maara kaptaan ne (the SP has assaulted an MLA)," Mr Ojha says in a viral clip, as he lies down on the ground in protest. "I had done nothing wrong. The SP wants to get me beaten. He is a dangerous man, he will get me killed," he adds.