The Samajwadi Party chief was in Moradabad to attend the wedding of an MLA (File)
Lucknow:
A case against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and 20 party workers has been registered in connection with an alleged assault on some journalists in Uttar Pradesh s Moradabad district, police said on Saturday.
A counter-case has also been lodged against the journalists by Samajwadi Party district president Jaiveer Yadav.
On the basis of a complaint by a journalist, an FIR was registered at Pakhwara police station late on Friday night under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), officials said.
According to the complainant, Mr Yadav, a former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, was irked by a few personal questions asked by some journalists during an interaction with him at a hotel on March 11.