Akhilesh Yadav. (File photo)
BAREILLY: Moradabad police on Saturday lodged an FIR against former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and as many as 20 Samajwadi Party workers on Saturday.
The FIR is related to an incident where journalists and media persons were allegedly manhandled and later thrashed by Yadav’s security personnel and his party workers during a press conference in Pakhwara area of Moradabad, on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a cross FIR was also registered under six IPC sections, by Moradabad police based on a complaint registered by Samajwadi Party district chief Jaiveer Singh Yadav, against two journalists. Police said that a case has been registered and a probe has been ordered.