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Former Samajwadi Party MLA Manoj Kumar Singh was booked on with 4 different identified and astir 60 unidentified individuals connected Wednesday (January 28, 2026) connected charges of rioting, obstructing constabulary enactment and defying authorities orders during Saraswati idol immersion connected January 26, officials said.
The lawsuit was registered astatine Saiyadraja constabulary presumption successful Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district, they said.
According to Circle Officer (Sadar) Devendra Kumar, the lawsuit pertains to an incidental during Saraswati idol immersion procession successful Saiyadraja municipality connected Monday (January 26).
A radical of youths had arranged a ample DJ (disc jockey) dependable strategy for the procession and were playing euphony astatine a precocious measurement precocious into the night. When the procession attempted to instrumentality a way different than the 1 permitted, constabulary stopped it citing instrumentality and bid concerns and asked for them to trim the measurement of the DJ music.
According to CO Kumar, erstwhile Samajwadi Party MLA Manoj Kumar Singh soon arrived the spot and got into an statement with the police.
Despite being informed astir the authorities directions and the designated way for the procession, Mr. Singh allegedly refused to comply and continued arguing with the constabulary personnel.
When repeated appeals failed and the erstwhile legislator allegedly tried to unit the procession done an unauthorised route, constabulary treated it arsenic an effort to provoke unrest, defy authoritative instructions and interfere successful constabulary duty, the CO said.
He alleged that Mr. Singh past incited youths participating successful the procession to rise slogans against police.
Following the incident, a lawsuit nether 8 superior sections was registered against Mr. Singh, DJ operators Shubham Gupta, Deepak Murti and Ashish, and astir 60 unidentified people, the CO said.
Reacting to the action, the erstwhile MLA told PTI that the constabulary lawsuit "was an effort to suppress the dependable of the Opposition." He alleged that cases were being lodged against anyone who spoke against the BJP.
