Overview

• Ballia police said they arrested Munna Bahadur on Sunday after a video showed Superintending Engineer Lal Singh being beaten inside his PuVVNL office.
• An FIR cites multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections alongside the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, with the superintendent of police confirming an ongoing investigation.
• Lal Singh’s complaint alleges 20–25 men led by Bahadur forced entry on Saturday, hurled caste slurs, tore files, and assaulted him with kicks, punches, and a shoe while issuing death threats.
• Staff recorded the incident as office CCTV was reportedly not functioning, and opposition leaders later shared the footage on social media.
• Before his arrest, Bahadur claimed he visited to submit a memorandum on power outages and was attacked, while the engineers’ association condemned the assault and renewed calls for an Engineer Protection Act; local BJP officials confirmed Bahadur is a party worker.