Bareilly, Jan. 27 -- Suspended Bareilly City Magistrate Alankar Agnihotri levelled serious allegations of harassment and caste-based abuse against the district administration while speaking to the media on Tuesday during a protest outside the District Collectorate office.

Addressing reporters, Agnihotri questioned the conduct of senior officials and alleged personal targeting. "I want to ask the District Magistrate who called him last night and who is abusing me for being a Pandit, and which ideology that person belongs to," he said. Claiming the constitutional processes had broken down, he added, "President's rule should be imposed to restore the constitutional system. The general category has turned against the government."

The protes...