Lucknow, Dec. 17 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, accused of assaulting a Dalit government official working in the state power department, received a rousing welcome by party members and family after the Allahabad High Court granted him bail.

A video of BJP worker Munna Bahadur being garlanded by his supporters upon his release from Mau district jail went viral on social media.

On August 23, Munna Bahadur allegedly attacked Lal Singh, a superintending engineer with the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited.

The assault was captured on video, showing the Dalit surrounded by a group led by Munna Bahadur. During the conversation, the BJP worker gets up and attacks the former with his slipper.

Speaking to local media, Lal Singh...