Here, a group of armed men allegedly demolished the under-construction boundary wall on former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rangnath Mishra’s property and demanded ₹5 crore to allow the work to continue, officials said on Saturday.
According to them, the police have registered an FIR and started investigation into the incident.
Mishra, a BJP leader who served as a cabinet minister under the Kalyan Singh and Ram Prakash Gupta governments, was building a boundary wall on a plot measuring over two bighas in Lalanagar in Gopiganj, according to a complaint filed by his son Manmoham Mishra.
In the complaint, Manmohan alleged that a group of armed men arrived at the site, demolished the partially constructed wall and chased away the workers, warning them not to continue work. The defendant is said to have demanded ₹5 lakhs for the construction of the wall.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhimanyu Manglik said the incident allegedly took place on February 26.
Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Gopiganj police station on February 27 evening against Bhagwati Singh, his two sons, Dharmendra Kumar Singh and Krishna Kumar Singh, and four unidentified individuals, he said.
The SP said the police are also looking into the security request from Mishra’s family.
