Rana Sanga row: Mob vandalises Samajwadi MP's home over ‘traitor’ remark on Rajput hero
Multiple cars parked outside the house were damaged, chairs were broken, and the house's glass windows were shattered.
Agra police lodged an FIR against an "unknown mob" on Thursday, a day after Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman's residence here was attacked, allegedly by members of the Karni Sena, over the lawmaker's remark on Rana Sanga, a Rajput ruler.
The FIR was lodged against an 'uncontrolled crowd of hundreds, name unknown' under charges of rioting, attempt to murder, house trespass, and robbery on the complaint of Suman's son, Ranjeet Suman, at Hariparwat Police Station.
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Scores of activists from Karni Sena, a caste-based group advocating Rajput pride, vandalised the lawmaker's house near Hari Parvat Chauraha here on Wednesday.
Multiple cars parked outside the house were damaged, chairs were broken, and the house's glass windows were shattered.
Videos showed a handful of police personnel confronting the mob as it went on a rampage in the posh neighbourhood. A policeman was injured.
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The incident took place on the day Chief Minister Adityanath was in the city for a public event.
A video of the Rajya Sabha MP surfaced recently in which he is purportedly heard saying that Rana Sanga was a "traitor" who brought Babur to defeat Ibrahim Lodi.
Rana Sanga or Sangram Singh I was the ruler of Mewar from 1508 to 1528.
Karni Sena chief Suraj Pal Singh Amu said the remarks insulted a hero who defeated the Mughals and demanded that Suman and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav tender an apology.
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"The Karni Sena workers should not take the law into their own hands, keep their protest democratic and extend support to police and the administration. As for the damage at the Rajya Sabha MP's home, we will provide him with new chairs and get windshields of the damaged cars replaced," he said in a video shared on social media.
