MEERUT, July 21 -- A case has been registered against Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Rohit Rajput with Baradari police station of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district after a controversial video surfaced on social media in which Rajput is purportedly seen using objectionable words like "demons" and "poison" while referring to PM Narendra Modi and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath during a PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) panchayat held in Bareilly's Cantt assembly constituency area last month.

Inspector Dhananjay Pandey of Baradari police station confirmed that the FIR was registered under sections 192, 299, and 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Saturday (July 19) on the complaint of one Rajveer Kashyap, a resident of Madheenath area...