Samajwadi Party leader held for TV studio clash with rival

NOIDA: Samajwadi Party spokesperson Anurag Bhadauria used to be detained on a complaint filed by means of BJP’s Gaurav Bhatia in Noida on Saturday after a row that started at the sets of a national Hindi TV information channel debate escalated into a political confrontation.

Bhatia lodged a police complaint in opposition to Bhaduria for assault. The two have been at the same panel throughout a debate within the afternoon. With Bhadauria being detained for questioning, Samajwadi Party employees surrounded Sector 20 police station, where the complaint used to be lodged, within the night time in protest.

Manoj Pant, the staion house officer of Sector 20 police station, said he apprehended bother and escaped to the Expressway police station, which is round 15 mins away.

Gaurav Bhatia is a resident of Eldeco Utopia in Sector 93.

He is an advocate with the Supreme Court. In his complaint, Bhatia said he had been invited to the inside track debate within the afternoon.

When the talk turned into a heated argument round 2.20pm, Bhadauria allegedly threatened Bhatia and assaulted him, his complaint said. Bhatia dialled 100, following which a police staff used to be despatched to the media house.


SP (city) Sudha Singh said that at the foundation of a complaint, a report been lodged below the Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (punishment for assault or criminal pressure in a different way than on grave provocation) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.


“Investigation is below way. We will speak when our investigation is over,” Singh said.


Later, Bhatia tweeted, “These are goons, no longer spokespersons.” Samajwadi MLC Udaiveer Singh lashed out at BJP, describing the detention as “height of dictatorship and misuse of power” in a tweet.


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