Overview
- A group of about 30–35 masked men armed with sticks and rods reportedly arrived in multiple vehicles and stormed Maharaji Prajapati’s residence in Awas Vikas Colony, creating chaos and searching for a supporter, with the incident occurring around 8:30pm Tuesday night.
- The MLA’s son filed an FIR that names roughly 10–11 people and about two dozen unidentified individuals and accuses the attackers of abuse, death threats, assaults and seizing mobile phones from relatives who tried to record the events.
- Police have arrested five people named in the complaint — Balram Yadav, Sher Bahadur Yadav, Manupal, Dharamraj Yadav and Vipin Yadav — and say one arrested man is associated with the Samajwadi Party.
- Officers have strengthened security at the home, are examining CCTV footage and videos submitted as evidence, and report that raids are under way to identify and apprehend the remaining suspects.
- The attack follows a local social‑media feud between supporters, highlights factional tensions in the Samajwadi Party, and risks further political fallout because the MLA is the wife of a jailed former minister who remains under probe.