Case registered against SP leader over his call to 'burn' UP minister, his house

Police here have booked a Samajwadi Party leader here for giving a call to burn a Uttar Pradesh minister and his house a police official said on SundayHis threat followed a recent clash where the SP leader said Dalit corporators from opposition parties were allegedly thrashed in a board meeting of the Meerut Municipal CorporationA video had surfaced on social media which purportedly showed SP leader Mukesh Siddharth making the controversial statementIf Minister of State Somendra Tomar is not arrested by January 10 then his house should be burnt his car should be burnt he should be burnt and the city should be burnt the SP leader reportedly saidThis is just a spark when it becomes a volcano the government will also come to know he further saidSiddharth former vicechairman of the Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Commission reportedly made the statement while talking to journalists during a protest at the collectorate in Meerut on SaturdaySP City Ayush Vikram Singh told PTI on Sunday that a case has been registered against under various sections including 143 unlawful assembly 153 wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot and 153A promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place of birth residence language etc and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmonyAccording to the Superintendent of Police Siddharth is absconding and efforts are being made to arrest himMembers of the BJP and opposition parties had come to blows during a Meerut Municipal Corporation Board meeting on December 30 BJP and opposition leaders accused each other of starting the clash and filed complaints against each otherIt is alleged that during the meeting BJPs Legislative Council Member Dharmendra Bhardwaj was pushed and assaulted by the councillors of the opposition parties after which the BJP councillors got enraged and attacked the BSP councillor from ward 36Ashish Chaudhary and SP councillor from Ward 31 Kuldeep alias Kirti Ghopla were allegedly beaten up in the during the clash The opposition councillors also accused besides Bhardwaj Minister of State for Energy Somendra Tomar of beating up Dalit councillorsRashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary met the Dalit councillors in Zahidpur on MondayEarlier Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai and Azad Samaj Party national president Chandrashekhar Azad had also visited the Dalit councillorsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever