FIR filed against Mayawati by Dayashankar's family in Lucknow

Lucknow: In a turn of events, the family members of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh filed an FIR against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati for the foul language used by the BSP members against the women members of Dayashankar’s family, according to a report by CNN News 18. The FIR has been filed in the Hazratganj police station, Lucknow, under section I20B, 540, 509, 506 and 153A of Indian Penal code. Mayawati has been accused of criminal conspiracy, intimidation and promoting enmity, according to a report by CNN News 18. Singh’s family lodged the FIR against Mayawati, and were earlier quoted saying that this is a question about the integrity of women. “My daughter, who is a minor, is in a state of shock after the incident. I will definitely lodge an FIR against Mayawati and other party leaders and fight a legal battle,” Singh’s wife Swati told reporters after BSP protests against Dayashankar. “My husband is in politics, but we have no political connection. The manner in which BSP workers acted on Thursday and the language used by them during protest was derogatory,” she said. Swati said that her family was being dragged into the controversy unnecessarily. “Why Mayawati is not taking action against Nassemuddin Siddiqui. Why he was not expelled from the party. I don’t want to imagine what is the state of my 80-year-old mother-in-law,” she said. “While BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra said that nothing like this happened, but the entire country has witnessed and listened the foul language used by BSP workers during protest on Thursday. It is about the integrity of women,” she said. [caption id=“attachment_2908968” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] A file photo of Mayawati. PTI[/caption] FIR against Amit Shah A Bihar court on Friday ordered the filing of an FIR against BJP president Amit Shah and suspended party leader Daya Shankar Singh. The Chief Judicial Magistrate in Hajipur, the district headquarters of Vaishali, has ordered the police to lodge a case against Shah and Singh. The court’s order was in response to a petition filed by a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Balinder Das, who filed a petition in the CJM court, seeking an order to file an FIR against Shah and Singh in connection with derogatory remarks made by Singh against Mayawati. “I have approached the court as BJP leaders have hurt millions of Dalits, the backward community and poor by derogatory remarks against BSP chief Mayawati,” Das said in his petition. Dayashankar still on the run Raids were conducted by police on Thursday night to trace expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh. Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Jha said that raids were conducted on Thursday night but there was no clue about Singh’s whereabouts. There were unconfirmed reports that Singh could surrender in the court in Lucknow. The SP said that Singh’s brother Dharmendra was detained for questioning, but failed to give any information. “All he said was that Singh left for Gorakhpur on 21 July and there was no contact since then,” he said. Jha said that police raided the house of Singh’s uncle at Bariya last night, but nothing was found. “His mobile is switched off since 20 July night,” he said. Singh had sparked an outrage by his derogatory comments questioning the character of the BSP supremo. He had said that “Mayawati is breaking the dream of Kanshi Ram into pieces. Mayawati is selling tickets like a… BSP workers held a protest against the derogatory remarks made by Singh. BSP workers, who staged a dharna in front of the Bhimrao Ambedkar statue in Hazratganj, had displayed banners with foul language printed on them on Thursday. With inputs from agencies