Overview

• A circulated video shows superintending engineer Lal Singh being beaten inside the Ballia electricity office on August 23.
• The engineer alleged shoe blows, punches, and caste-based abuse before colleagues intervened, and he later filed a complaint and underwent a medical check-up.
• Superintendent of Police Omveer Singh said Munna Bahadur has been arrested and booked under the BNS and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as investigators pursue others.
• The complaint claims attackers tore official files and issued death threats, and it notes the office CCTV was not working, with the incident recorded by a staff member.
• Before his arrest, Bahadur said he had gone to submit a memorandum about power outages and claimed he was assaulted, while BJP’s district president confirmed his party role and said consultations are underway.