Lucknow, April 29 -- amajwadi Party candidate from Ballia Lok Sabha constituency, Sanatan Pandey, has been booked by police for allegedly spreading enmity, hatred and animosity among sections of society and also threatening the district election officer.

Superintendent of Police Dev Ranjan Verma said on Sunday that on the complaint filed by Sub-Inspector Makhan Singh in Ballia city, an FIR had been lodged against Pandey under sections 171 F (exercising undue influence in elections), 189 (threatening a public servant), 186 (obstructing a public servant in public work), 505 (2) (spreading hatred and animosity between different groups) of the of the Indian Penal Code and sections 125 and 136 of the Representation of People's Act, 1950.

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