The district police chief was in the eye of a storm after he reportedly touched the feet of national general secretary of Samajwadi Party Ram Gopal Yadav during a programme.

Senior superintendent of police, Ajay Mohan Sharma touched Rajya Sabha MP Yadav's feet on Wednesday during an eye camp at district panchayat premises.

However, the SSP later clarified that he did not touch Yadav's feet, but bent to remove people touching the feet.