Uttar Pradesh: 'Mad' over power SP leader’s nephew slaps police officer

A 24-year-old man claiming to be the nephew of Samajwadi Party lawmaker slapped a police officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah.

In the video of ANI, a man was brought to the police station where he slapped a sub-inspector shouting “my name is Mohit Yadav and he (police officer) misbehaved with me.”

“It seems he was under the influence of alcohol,” a senior police officer was quoted as saying by NDTV.

According to media reports, Mohit Yadav is the nephew of Ramesh Yadav, a senior Samajwadi Party leader and MLC. Mohit’s father runs a gun shop.

Yadav had on Wednesday morning visited a hospital and demanded VIP treatment for an x-ray but refused. After that Yadav lost his cool and beat up hospital staff and a doctor.

The police were called by the hospital who later took Mohit to the police station where he assaulted an officer.

#WATCH: A youth claiming to be nephew of SP MLC Ramesh Yadav slaps a policeman in Etah (UP) after his arrest for assaulting hospital staff. pic.twitter.com/apWJf2uczH

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