Loni assault: BJP MLA demands case against Rahul Gandhi, Owaisi over tweets

Nand Kishor Gurjar, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Loni constituency in Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday demanded that a case be filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi for their tweets regarding the Loni assault case.

Gurjar alleged that their tweets attempted to disturb communal harmony and he gave a complaint at the Loni Border police station to get a case filed accordingly.

On June 5, 72-year-old Sufi Abdul Samad Saifi was thrashed by six people. The assailants also chopped off his beard. Two days later, Samad lodged an FIR against unidentified persons. He was accompanied by local Samajwadi Party leader Ummed Pahlwan Idrisi.