LUCKNOW, Aug. 29 -- An FIR was registered against two Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) officials for allegedly assaulting a farmer during a demolition drive, following a complaint lodged by his wife Maya Devi at Sushant Golf City police station on Thursday, officials said.

In her FIR, Maya Devi stated that she and her husband Ram Milan Rawat were tending to cattle when the LMC team, led by naib tehsildar Ratnesh Srivastava and lekhpal Subhash Kaushal, arrived with police for demolition on August 25.

The family sought an hour's time, citing Rawat's spinal ailment and stored fodder. Instead, Srivastava allegedly abused him on caste lines and slapped him, leaving him unconscious and bleeding from the ears, the FIR stated. Both officials...