Overview
- Police registered the case on Tuesday, listing assault, criminal intimidation and caste-based abuse tied to a road-encroachment clash in Swastika City, Ahimamau.
- The FIR cites multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections and Sections 3(1)(d) and 3(1)(dh) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
- Those named include Vinay Singh, his official gunman Vipul Yadav, personal rifleman Saurabh Singh and 8–10 unidentified men.
- Residents allege a 20-foot public road was blocked with a brick wall on December 29 and say threats, caste slurs and firearms intimidation left one person unconscious.
- A video shows Vinay Singh asking residents to speak to Dhananjay Singh on the phone, while Dhananjay denies involvement and says he was in Jaunpur.