Bareilly: An FIR has been registered in the GRP police station against Samajwadi Party’s Bhojipura MLA Shahjil Islam in connection with the incident at Bareilly Junction of Northern Railway for beating up the driver. CO GRP will investigate the cases of assault, intimidation and cases mentioned in the SCST Act. The SP MLA had used abusive words while abusing the driver of the vehicle.
Accused of scolding for dirty car
Dharmendra Kumar, resident of Rajendra Nagar locality of Premnagar police station area of the city, drives the car of SP MLA. Late on Friday night he had gone to the railway junction to pick up the SP MLA. Due to the train being late, driver Dharmendra kept waiting in the car at night. Shahajil Islam, who arrived at 6 am on Saturday, scolded the driver for finding the car dirty and got angry and used abusive language. On this, the driver protested by abusing him while saying that he had to clean the car.
Driver said- MLA slapped me
On this the SP MLA slapped the driver twice. After being beaten, the driver got down from the car and refused to go with them. After this, Gunner Salim also tried to stop the driver, but MLA Shahjeel Islam’s anger increased further. After this Shahjeel Islam used caste based words against the driver. CO GRP Devidayal will investigate the FIR written against the SP MLA.
On the basis of the complaint letter of the complainant, an FIR was registered against SP MLA Shahjil Islam. CCTV footage is being watched so that information about the incident can be obtained. Higher officials were informed about the action.
Ajit Pratap Singh, GRP Inspector
The police should have filed an FIR in the matter after investigation. Like this, anyone will file an FIR against anyone. By checking the CCTV cameras, the difference between who is telling the truth and who is lying will be made clear. I still stand by what I said the first day that the driver was under the influence of alcohol, that is why I myself drove the car along with the gunner and the workers.
Shahjeel Islam, SP MLA, Bhojipura