So what if party isn’t in power: SP leader held for threat to ‘blow up car with workers inside’
India Today
SP leader Sangam Yadav was arrested after an audio clip in which he can be heard allegedly threatening workers at an automobile service centre went viral.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Sangam Yadav was arrested after an audio clip, in which he can be heard flexing his political clout and allegedly threatening workers at an automobile service centre, went viral.
“So what if Akhilesh [Yadav’s] government is not in power, I am still the national secretary; if my car is not repaired, I will blow up the car with all workers inside,” Sangam Yadav allegedly said in the audio clip.
According to the police complaint, Sangam Yadav sent his Swift car, which had been involved in an accident, for repair at Classic Motors, an authorized service centre in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria last week.
The surveyor of the insurance company had approved only the front part of the car in the insurance claim, but Yadav wanted to get the whole car repaired. The insurance agency got the front part of the vehicle fixed, but the sides were not replaced due to non-claim.
When the agency's service advisor, Vikram Patel, called up and informed Yadav about it on Saturday (September 17), the SP leader became furious and started abusing and threatening the employee.
Following the SP leader’s outburst, Patel lodged a police complaint on September 18 at Sadar Kotwali. A case was registered under sections 384 (extortion), 504 and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. Yadav was then placed under arrest, CO City Shreyas Tripathi said.
The BJP has attacked the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party over the incident and demanded that Sangam Yadav be sacked from all party posts.
