Watch: IAS Officer Thrashes Journalist In Public During UP Local Polls

The attack came on a day when clashes and violence in at least 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh marked the polling to elect block panchayat chiefs.

In one of the more incredible scenes to emerge from the local elections held in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer was caught on camera chasing down a TV reporter in public and beating him viciously. ये कोई गुंडा नहीं।उन्नाव के IAS सीडीओ हैं,जो एक टी वी पत्रकार को दौड़ा-दौड़ा कर पीट रहे हैं।उसका क़ुसूर सिर्फ यह था कि सीडीओ की आंख के सामने हो रही बीडीसी मेंबर्स की धर-पकड़ उसने शूट कर ली थी। pic.twitter.com/mb6suKa98w Divyanshu Patel, the Chief Development Officer or CDO of Unnao, is accused of attacking the television reporter because he was filmed by the latter allegedly helping kidnap local council members to stop them from voting. The officer is yet to comment on the incident.