According to the police, 27-year-old Dinesh Kumar was beaten up by the village head of Tajpur and his associate, the former village head of Reta Nagla village, with shoes. They also threatened to kill him.
Two people were booked in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar for allegedly beating a Dalit youth with shoes after the video of the incident went viral on the internet, police said on Saturday.
Triggering a controversy, BJP MLA T Raja Singh in a video warned that people of Uttar Pradesh must vote for CM Yogi Adityanath or they will face "JCBs and bulldozers" after the election.
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