VARANASI police have begun an inquiry after a video emerged wherein former BJP MLA Maya Shankar Pathak is seen holding his ears and in search of forgiveness from a bunch of individuals beating him for allegedly passing remarks a couple of school scholar.
The police discovered that the incident occurred on the campus of a faculty within the Chaubepur space of Varanasi on Saturday. The 70-year-old former legislator is the chairman of the establishment.
The police stated they got here to know from native people who Pathak was attacked for allegedly making remarks a couple of lady scholar of the faculty. On reaching residence, she knowledgeable her household concerning the incident. A gaggle of individuals, together with the lady’s members of the family and neighbours, then went to the faculty and accosted Pathak.
In the video doing the rounds on social media, a bunch of individuals are seen pushing Pathak and thrashing him. The former BJP MLA is repeatedly heard apologising to the mob whereas they assault him.
Pindra Circle Officer Abhishek Kumar Pandey stated that after coming to know concerning the video a police workforce went to the faculty and located it locked. The police didn’t contact Pathak. “Pathak has conveyed that he does not want to lodge any case,” stated a police officer.
The police contacted the coed’s household however in addition they refused to lodge a grievance. The police claimed that the previous MLA and his alleged attackers knew one another for a very long time.
BJP Varanasi chief Hans Raj Vishwakarma stated, “Pathak twice won the Assembly elections from Varanasi. He is not active in party activities.”
