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Case against Congress MLA for beating Dalit official

Muzaffarnagar: A case was registered on Friday against a Congress MLA who had allegedly thrashed a Dalit District Development Officer during an official meeting here.

The DDO was “hit” by Congress MLA Pankaj Malik when the two got into an argument over the implementation of the Rashtriya Gramin Rozgar Yojana during an official meeting at the district panchayat hall on Thursday.

A search was on to arrest the MLA and his supporters involved in the incident, SP M. Vinod Kumar said.

The police had raided several places to arrest Malik, son of a Member of Parliament, he said.

The supporters of the MLA had gathered at his residence to guard him against any raid.

In another incident, the police arrested one Ram Kumar for allegedly raping and threatening a Dalit woman at Bhemsi village in the district. — PTI

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