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FIRs lodged against BJP leader

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Press Trust of India Ballia (UP)
Last Updated : Aug 31 2013 | 4:35 PM IST
Two separate FIRs were lodged against former Uttar Pradesh minister and BJP leader Bharat Singh today for allegedly beating a local Congress leader and a local scribe and giving death threats to them, police said.
Following a dispute with Bharat Singh over flood relief in Panchrukiya area yesterday, Congress leader Vinod Singh and Ravindra Nath Misra, a journalist working with a local Hindi daily, lodged separate FIRs against him in Haldi police station, station in-charge Kanhaiya Lal Yadav said.
Besides Bharat Singh, local BJP leader Anmol Singh has also been named in the FIR, he said.
The BJP leader has also lodged a cross FIR against the duo, Yadav said, adding that police is investigating the matter.

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First Published: Aug 31 2013 | 4:35 PM IST

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