Probe on against Cong leaders over assault at Rahul's rally
PTI | 09:11 PM,Nov 16,2011Lucknow, Nov 16 (PTI) Investigations were on in connection with the FIR against Union ministers Jitin Prasada and R P N Singh and CLP leader in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Pramod Tiwari following a scuffle with Samajwadi Party youth wing supporters at the venue of Rahul Gandhi's rally in Phulpur. "As in any case of cognisable offence, there is a process after the filing of FIR of investigation and it was also on in this case," IG (Law and Order) G P Sharma told reporters here. The FIR, which also named Congress MLC Naseeb Pathan, was lodged on a complaint by Abhishek Yadav, one of the four SP youth wing supporters who alleged that he was thrashed by SPG personnel and the Congress leaders at the venue of Gandhi's rally on Monday. Yadav was arrested along with three other supporters of Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha when they were running towards Gandhi's helicopter carrying black flags. They were reportedly pressing the demand for restoring students' union at the Allahabad University, which was accorded central status in 2005.
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