Uttar Pradesh, Aug. 6 -- In a shocking incident caught on camera, a man tried to slap former Uttar Pradesh minister and ex- Samajwadi Party leader, Swami Prasad Maurya during a public gathering in Fatehpur.

The incident unfolded on Wednesday when Swami Prasad Maurya, now the chief of Lok Morcha, paused for a brief welcome ceremony organised by his supporters at Saras Crossing.

As Swami Prasad Maurya stepped out to greet the crowd, a man pretending to offer a garland suddenly lunged and slapped him from behind.

The attacker was quickly overpowered by Maurya's supporters, who thrashed him on the spot before police intervened. A video of the assault soon went viral on social media.

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