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Former UP minister booked for assaulting hotel employee

PTI
Published : Feb 21, 2017, 10:45 am IST
Updated : Feb 21, 2017, 10:45 am IST

The accused had assaulted the driver asking him about the whereabouts of the chairman as they had come to extort Rs 50 lakh.

Representational Image. (Photo: File)
 Representational Image. (Photo: File)

Mathura: An FIR has been registered at Vrindaban Police Station against former minister Ashok Yadav and around six of his associates, for allegedly assaulting an employee of a hotel on Saturday.

"Former minister Ashok Yadav, Vairag Swarup Bramhachari along with over six others have been booked on the basis of FIR filed on the complaint by Deepak Tiwari, the driver of the hotel group's chairman," police said.

"The accused had assaulted the driver asking him about the whereabouts of the chairman as they had come to extort Rs 50 lakh," the FIR stated.

"No arrest has been made and investigation is on," police said.

Tags: ashok yadav, first information report, assault
Location: India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura