Attack on BJP leaders continue

Bareilly/ Fatehpur: Attack on BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh continue unabated as police recovered the strangulated body of a saffron leader, Rakesh Rastogi in a car on Sunday in Bareilly while in Fathepur party MP Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti was attacked but she escaped unharmed.

The newly-elected MP was allegedly by four persons while she was returning after attending a function. Old rivalry was believed to be the reason behind the attack, police said. In Bareilly, police said, “According to the post mortem report, BJP leader Rakesh Rastogi was strangulated. His body also had several injuries which led to excessive bleeding.”

The police was trying to trace the assailants with the help of call details of the BJP leader’s phone.