Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

HOSPITAL STAFF, MEDIAPERSO­NS ATTACKED

- HT Correspond­ent allahabad.htdesk@hindustant­imes.com ▪

PRAYAGRAJ : Persons allegedly close to an MP created a ruckus at Pratapgarh District Hospital and attacked mediaperso­ns late on Tuesday night. An FIR has been lodged against the accused and action will be taken after investigat­ions, police said.

As per reports, Apna Dal MP Kunwar Harvansh Singh’s private secretary Deepak Mishra and some other persons had gone to the district hospital on Tuesday night for treatment. However, they entered into an altercatio­n with the doctors on emergency duty.

It is alleged that Mishra and his aides attacked the hospital staff and even misbehaved with the policemen who reached the spot. A local mediaperso­n, Manish, was also attacked and his camera was damaged while he was recording the incident. SP Devranjan said that on the complaint of Manish, an FIR has been lodged against the accused and investigat­ions are being carried out into the incident.

WOMAN ABDUCTED NEAR HC, FIR LODGED

Civil Lines police lodged an FIR in connection with the alleged abduction of a woman near Allahabad High Court premises on November 26. The case is related to a property dispute and further action will be taken after an enquiry, police said.

In his complaint, Manoj Sisodia of Agra claimed that his niece had gone to Allahabad in connection with the hearing of property related case. She was going to the court on November 26 when her father Anand Chauhan, Rajiv Chauhan and their aides abducted her in a SUV. Sisodia also raised fears that the accused may kill her over the property dispute. Inspector Civil Lines Shivmangal Singh said investigat­ions revealed that an FIR was earlier lodged in Agra by the woman’s relatives in a dispute over property worth several crore.

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