Seven held for parading BSP leaders on donkey in Jaipur

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan police here on Wednesday arrested seven persons for allegedly manhandling and parading two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders on donkeys after blackening their faces and garlanding with shoes outside the party office.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West, Kavendra Sagar said that seven accused have been arrested. They were identified as Puran Singh, Babu Lal, Vijendra alias Bunty, Rahul, Deepak, Hisar and Neeraj.

“The accused arrested are booked under section 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with arms), 149 (unlawful assembly), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 379 (theft) and 307 (attempt to murder) of Indian Penal Code,” said Sagar.

On Tuesday, the video of workers manhandling the two leaders outside the BSP’S office was circulated on social media. In the video, the party workers can be seen heckling the two leaders accusing them of cheating the party.

Condemning the incident, BSP national president Mayawati had termed it a “shameful” act and blamed Congress for it. “The Congress party first took away our

BSP MLAS in Rajasthan and now to damage our movement is attacking senior people, which is shameful and condemnable. The Congress is setting a wrong tradition against Ambedkar movement, which can be replied in the same manner,” she tweeted on Tuesday.

Congress spokesperson Archana Sharma refuted any involvement of Congress in the act. “The incident is unfortunate and shows declining levels of politics. It is also visible that there is infighting in BSP, resulting to which such an incident happened,” she said. HTC