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Plaques of development works damaged: Saharanpur police register three cases
Police in UP’s Saharanpur registered three cases, including two for incidents of vandalising of plaques mentioning the works done by former minister Dharam Singh Saini in Nakur assembly constituency of that district and one against a person who allegedly used foul language against Saini
Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur registered three cases, including two for incidents of vandalising of plaques mentioning the works done by former minister Dharam Singh Saini in Nakur assembly constituency of that district and one against a person who allegedly used foul language against the BJP turncoat, under relevant sections on Monday night, police officials said on Tuesday.
Confirming it, Saharanpur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Akash Tomar said a video of these incidents had gone viral on Saturday (March 12). In one of the videos, some people were purportedly seen vandalising the plaques in two villages of Sarsawa area of the district, he said and added that in the other video a man was seen purportedly using foul language against the former minister.
Taking a serious note of the videos, the Saharanpur police registered the cases and efforts were under way to trace and nab those identified in the videos , SSP added. “No one would be allowed to vitiate the atmosphere and take law in their hands,” Tomar said.
Saini represented the Nakur seat in the UP assembly from 2017 to 2022 and was a minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in UP during this period before he joined the Samajwadi Party ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. He lost the recently concluded polls from Nakur constituency to Mukesh Choudhary of the BJP.
Speaking to HT over the phone, Saini alleged that Gujjar supporters of BJP MLA were involved in damaging plaques of his name in at least in 20 villages of Nakur area. However, Saharanpur SSP refuted Saini’s allegations and said only two incidents of damaging of plaques were reported.
